China: 'Journey to Shu'. Detail of handscroll painting by Qiu Ying (1494-1552), 16th century. This section of a much larger Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) handscroll painting on silk shows Tang Minghuang, or Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (685-762), fleeing the capital Chang'an and the violence of the An Shi Rebellion that began in the year 756 during the mid-Tang Dynasty.

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