755, the turning point of China's rise and fall

Author: Wu Wei
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Publish Date: 2007-01-01
Features: In the year 755 AD, the drums of Yuyang stirred. Power and desire, dreams and courage, all blazed in a world of turmoil and transformation. Emperors, powerful ministers, heroes, eunuchs, and imperial concubines all took the stage. Over eight years, the Tang Empire reached its zenith before declining. Coincidence and necessity shaped this history, yet all revealed its cruelty and inexorable nature.