But from the "Rebellion of an Lushan and Shi Siming", it had to fall.

然而，自“安史之乱”开始，它无可奈何的衰落下去了。

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An Lushan, during a formal visit to Emperor Tang and beauty Yang, start to perform Huteng Dance.

安禄山见驾唐明皇和杨贵妃，别有用心地跳起了胡腾舞。

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The economic status become very important after the Armed Rebellion of an Lushan and Shi Shiming. It became the essence of the Tang Dynasty.

蜀川在“安史之乱”后的经济地位十分重要，成为唐室根本。

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As a proportion of the population, more people were killed during the An Lushan rebellion in eighth-century China, for example, or by the Thirty Years War in 17th-century central Europe.

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"The public can of course continue to express scepticism, but we cannot because give up helping compatriots in earthquake-stricken areas of Lushan because of distrust of an organisation, " Beijing Youth Daily commentator Shu Shengxiang adds.

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The earthquake Saturday morning triggered landslides that cut off roads and disrupted phone and power connections in mountainous Lushan county, in Sichuan's Ya'an city area, which is further south on the same fault line where a devastating quake wreaked widespread damage across the region five years ago.

NPR: China Rushes Relief After Sichuan Quake Kills 180