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Does anyone here happen to know of any books about the An Lu-shan/An Shi Rebellion of 755-763 AD that destabilized the Tang dynasty? I've got my hands on the book cited in the Wikipedia article about it (E. G. Pulleyblank, The Background of the Rebellion of An Lu-Shan, London: Oxford University Press (1955)), but it actually stops three years before the rebellion itself, with the author's hopes that a second volume would be published. Er.
Or, if not books about the rebellion itself, books that contain a chapter or so on it?
Does anyone here happen to know of any books about the An Lu-shan/An Shi Rebellion of 755-763 AD that destabilized the Tang dynasty? I've got my hands on the book cited in the Wikipedia article about it (E. G. Pulleyblank, The Background of the Rebellion of An Lu-Shan, London: Oxford University Press (1955)), but it actually stops three years before the rebellion itself, with the author's hopes that a second volume would be published. Er.
Or, if not books about the rebellion itself, books that contain a chapter or so on it?
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http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/naomi.standen/impchina/readinglists.htm
Pulleyblank, E.G., 'The An Lu-shan rebellion and the origins of chronic militarism in late T'ang China', Essays on T'ang society: the interplay of social, political and economic forces, ed. John Curtis Perry & Bardwell L. Smith (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1976).
Could this be what you're looking for? The link had this and the one you cited above in a long list under the heading "Tang (T'ang) dynasty (7th to 10th cent.) -- Medieval" - maybe one or more of the citations there would be what you're looking for?
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# Graff, David, Medieval Chinese warfare, 300-900 (London: Routledge, 2001).
Kroll, Paul W., 'The flight from the capital and the death of precious consort Yang', T'ang Studies, 3 (1985), 25-53. (I include this one only because one of the encyclopedia entries on the rebellion mentioned that the emperor's soldiers made him execute his consort - don't know for sure if this is the same one).
Maybe one of these?
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*blink* *blink* Although one would wonder why one needed and entire journal titled Alcoholic drinks in China...?
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Dude, that is awesome. I miss my department so much now.
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I live for the day when I am back at school. OMG. If you find any good book recs or whatnot from that journal, let me know?
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http://www.nanzan-u.ac.jp/SHUBUNKEN/publications/afs/afsMain.htm
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Errr, maybe this one?
Chinese Ways in Warfare (Harvard East Asian Series)
by Frank A. Kierman (Editor), John King Fairbank (Editor)
Harvard University Press (January 1, 1974)
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Hrm. I figure since you're just looking for books here that you've checked for articles on Jstor and etc?
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I haven't started the look for articles yet, but I figure I'll do that during my down time at work over the next few days. :)
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A lot of Du Fu's poems deal with the aftermath of the An Lu Shan rebellion; books on Du Fu and his historical influences (a lot of his poetry was based on political events) would probably mention something about it just for context.
Also^3, the Wiki article mentions this a little, and I remember my prof. retelling it dramatically, but the decision of Yang Guozhong to fight a decisive battle in open fields as opposed to, say, the easily defensible valley close by is an amazing exercise in military stupidity.
Also^4, I'd search for any history books on the Tang Dynasty in general; they pretty much HAVE to cover the An Lu Shan rebellion and the political aftermath, as that was one of the most influential events in Tang history.
Sorry I am not finding book titles myself =(. I suspect you have better access to Jstor and library catalogs and the like (I am so jealous! I miss my EAS library). Alas, I concentrated mostly in Japan so I don't know the reputable Chinese scholarly journals, but the JAS (Journal of Asian Studies) is (or was as of four years ago) the main scholarly journal for EAS in general. There are probably more on the Chinese side, but I don't remember... will check with my historian friend again.
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Jacques Gernet's A History of Chinese Civilization is AFAIK one of the major textbooks of Chinese history; it has to have at least a little on the An Lu Shan rebellion and it should be fairly easy to find, unless all the students have checked it out.
(And, um, I will totally be lurking here if other people post stuff; I just realized how very little I know about Tang Dynasty! Most of my Chinese history knowledge has to do with late Ming and Qing Dynasty.)
(Also^infinity, if you want me to check for period detail or whatnot, I would be more than happy to! Ah ha, though I suspect it is early yet. I am just EXTREMELY EXCITED about people writing historical China fantasy! YAY!)
And now I will slink away for real and hope I have not completely scared you off.
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(And AARG, we don't have the book on medieval warfare in the series because it is in the dreaded On Order Hell. XP It's Greenwood Press' Soldiers' Lives Through History where the first half deals with generic military life such as logistics and sanitation and camps and tactics, and the second half focuses on specific armies around the world.)
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For more of same, you could check out Mizoguchi's film, Yang Kweifei.
Niggling at the back of my mind is the memory of a very bad novel set in the period. I remember the clownish characterization of- if not An Lushan himself then at least the An Lushan figure- as a drunken sot, and absolutely nothing else about it. The period details may have been correct and it might have had a bibliography, but my mind provides absolutely no other information.
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(and I just found a book series that's totally awesome for dailt details of solder lives ... provided I want military based 1000 years too early or 1000 years too late. ARG. Here's hoping I can find the one on medieval warfare...)
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Anyway, not sure if I am giving you the right resources; mine are geared more toward history and politics than daily life details.
But yeah. The An Lu Shan rebellion and Yang Guifei are probably among the most well-known historical events in Chinese history; I am betting that any history covering that period will mention it.
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From what I remember, Du Fu was around the capital and the court when all this went down and he fled with a ton of other people and ended up living in genteel poverty. His poetry is pretty famous for reflecting the lives of ordinary people and for its focus on everyday detail, as opposed to the more romantic and wild poetry of Li Bai or Bai Juyi's epic on Yang Guifei (Bai Juyi wrote it probably a generation later; I don't think he lived through it like Du Fu did, though I say this all without checking Wiki, so I might be totally off). But anyway. Articles and books on Du Fu and his poetry should have something on daily life and the effect of politics on people, not just history, though probably not books that focus solely on his poetic techniques and etc., though I am sure you have already figured that out!
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Although not the journal T'ang Studies. Boo. ILL into the breach, I guess.
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here via link on oyceter's journal--
Yao, Ping. "The status of pleasure: courtesan and literati connections in T'ang China (618-907)." Journal of Women's History, Summer 2002 v14 i2 p26(29). (Article cites Pulleyblank, actually! Pulleyblank also authored An Lu-Shan's biographical article in the Britannica Biography Collection.)
Apparently the rebellion had an impact on Buddhist history as well: there are several brief articles relating to the rebellion-connected Northern School/Southern School controversy appear in the Dictionary of Buddhism (Ed. Damien Keown, Oxford University Press, 2003).
And I've no idea if the below (related to monastic life in the T'ang dynasty) is relevant to your needs, but it sounds pretty interesting anyway:
Kohn, Livia. Monastic life in medieval Daoism : a cross-cultural perspective. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, c2003.
"Offers a detailed description and analysis of the organizations and practices of medieval Daoist monasteries, discussing their origins, history, conceptual understanding, and social position, and describing the etiquette, vestments, and liturgical dimension of monastic life."
Re: here via link on oyceter's journal--
And, yeah, monastic life and Daoism may or may not be relevant ... this thing I swear I am not writing
because if I admit it, it'll go awayhas some religious connections as well. :Dno subject
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Somewhere I have a photo I took of the Yang Guifei statue in China. It's lolarious to me for some reason, maybe because it looks exactly like a 1920s art deco homage to Greco-Roman statuary. Plus she's all "HAI, HERE ARE MY BOOBIES!" But at the same time I kind of love it.
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Thanks!