The Tang Dynasty went from prosperity to decline in just eight years!
How did the Anshi Rebellion drag the Tang Dynasty into the abyss and cause devastating consequences?
The Anshi Rebellion was a key historical node in the Tang Dynasty's transition from prosperity to decline. The author starts from a series of flaws in the Tang Dynasty's institutional design, and then analyzes the complex social and economic crises within the Tang Empire before and after the Anshi Rebellion, the relationship between the central and local governments, and the changes in the external military regime of the Tang Dynasty. Through in-depth investigation, we try to trace how the great prosperity of the Tang Dynasty was established step by step and how it quickly collapsed, and explore the different choices and endings of emperors, wise ministers, generals, gathering groups, and the literati who were struggling in the torrent against the historical background of the collapse of the building. They jointly witnessed and created this prosperous age, and also tried to save it with their own efforts when it collapsed, but they were unable to save it...
This book is divided into two parts: "The Prosperity" and "The Collapse". It is based on the two Tang Dynasties and the original text of "Zizhi Tongjian", combined with relevant historical notes, poems and other materials, and uses popular and smooth narrative techniques to meticulously restore the historical events of the Anshi Rebellion and explore the deep causes behind the rise and fall of the Tang Empire, as well as the significance of the mirror that transcends the times.
