- Yan (Anshi)
Infobox Former Country
native_name = 燕
conventional_long_name = Yan
common_name = Yan
national_motto =
continent = Asia
region = China
country = China
era =
status = Empire
government_type = Monarchy
year_start = 756
year_end = 763|
p1 = Tang Dynasty
s1 = Tang Dynasty
event_start =An Lushan 's self-declaration as emperor
date_start = February 5, 756
event_end =Shi Chaoyi 's suicide
capital =Luoyang (756–757)
Yecheng (757–759)
Fanyang (759)
Luoyang (759–762)
common_languages = Chinese
religion =Buddhism ,Taoism ,Confucianism ,Chinese folk religion
currency =Chinese coin ,Chinese cash
leader1 =An Lushan , 1st
leader2 =An Qingxu , 2nd
leader3 =Shi Siming , 3rd
leader4 =Shi Chaoyi , 4th
year_leader1 = 756–757
year_leader2 = 757–759
year_leader3 = 759–761
year_leader4 = 761–763
title_leader = EmperorYan (燕), also known as the Great Yan (大燕), was a state established in 756 by the
Tang Dynasty generalAn Lushan , after he rebelled against the reign ofEmperor Xuanzong of Tang in 755. The state was extinguished in 763, when the son of An Lushan's subordinateShi Siming ,Shi Chaoyi , the last person to claim the title as Yan's emperor, was killed.Rulers of Yan
See also
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Anshi Rebellion
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