花崗齋雜記

Jottings from the Granite Studio provides commentary, analysis, and opinion on China and Chinese history. It is written by Jeremiah Jenne, a PhD Candidate at a large public research university in Northern California. Currently, Jeremiah is in Beijing teaching history, doing archival research, and working on his dissertation.

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The Historical Record for July 15: The death of Yang Guifei

Yang Guifei being helped onto her horse

If you like your historical figures with a little junk in the trunk — and frankly who among us doesn’t? — then this is a sad day. On July 15, 756, Yang Guifei, the imperial consort some blame for bringing ruin to the Tang Dynasty, died…either by her [...]

July 15th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: The Historical Record | Comments are closed