Tang+Dynasty

2.Continuous peasant uprisings culminated in Huang Chao's uprising where Commander Zhu Wen turned his back on Huang and joined the Tang side. 3.Zhu deposed the Tang emperor and proclaimed himself emperor of the later Liang Dynasty, which ushered in the period of the Five Dynasties and Ten States. 4. The Tang Dynasty was full of progress and stability, then near the end of the dynasty, they were declining in central authority and the An Shi Rebellion broke out. 5. By 742 AD the wealthy of China had bought up most of the land, forcing peasants to join the military. The Chinese army's number rose to above 500,000 men. ||  ||
 * 1.The late-Tang period fell into a political turmoil, with strife between the Niu Faction and Li Faction and eunuch monopoly.