Yang Guozhong (traditional Chinese: 楊國忠; simplified Chinese: 杨国忠; pinyin: Yáng Guózhōng; Wade–Giles: Yang Kuochung) (died July 15, 756[1]), né Yang Zhao (楊釗), was a Chinese politician who served as principal chancellor of the Tang dynasty from 752 to 756, late in the reign of Emperor Xuanzong. Known in his youth as a gambler and wastrel, Yang rose rapidly to political power after his distant cousin, Yang Yuhuan, became Emperor Xuanzong's favorite consort in 744. His familial ties and skills as a financial administrator helped him navigate the tumultuous court politics of the late 740s and early 750s to become the emperor's leading chancellor in 752. While Yang enjoyed Emperor Xuanzong's trust, his competence as chancellor was questioned and he became entangled in a fierce rivalry with an erstwhile political ally, the general and imperial favorite An Lushan. Yang was blamed for precipitating An's cataclysmic rebellion in 755. In the following year, he forced the Tang army of Geshu Han, then holding favorable defensive positions in Tong Pass, to confront the rebel army, leading to a rout of Tang forces and the fall of the imperial capital, Chang'an. Yang attempted to flee to his base in Chengdu with Emperor Xuanzong, but when the imperial party stopped at Mawei Station in modern Shaanxi, Yang and his family, including Yang Yuhuan, were massacred by imperial guard soldiers who blamed them for the chaos.
^Volume 218 of Zizhi Tongjian recorded that Yang was killed on the bingshen day of the 6th month of the 1st year of the Zhide era of Tang Suzong's reign. This date corresponds to 15 Jul 756 on the Gregorian calendar.
YangGuozhong (traditional Chinese: 楊國忠; simplified Chinese: 杨国忠; pinyin: YángGuózhōng; Wade–Giles: Yang Kuochung) (died July 15, 756), né Yang Zhao (楊釗)...
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and imperial favorite, Yang Guifei. Soon the angry soldiers killed YangGuozhong, Yang Xuan (his son), Lady Han and Lady Qin (Yang Guifei's sisters). With...
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it, although Li Heng eventually came to agree with YangGuozhong. In late 755, with YangGuozhong repeatedly trying to provoke An into a rebellion, An...
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station, the soldiers accompanying him forced him to have both YangGuozhong and Yang Guifei put to death. The rebels took Chang'an soon after. On the...
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