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Yang Guifei
Yang Guifei (Yang Yuhuan) became an emblem of Tianbao court culture through Nishang Yuyi and Pear Garden performance; after Mawei in 756, her story was repeatedly retold in works such as Chang Hen Ge.
Mural of the event “Rainbow Skirt and Feathered Robe”, which this person took part in.
During the Tianbao era, Yang Yuhuan entered Xuanzong's court and became its favored consort, while Huaqing served repeatedly as a setting for imperial journeys and banquets. Court life, music, and mountain gardens together gave the high Tang its cultural signature.
Also known as Yang Yuhuan · Tai Zhen · Yang Taizhen · Yang Yuniang · Tang Xuan Zong Gui Fei
Yang Guifei (719–756), personal name Yang Yuhuan, was a consort of Emperor Xuanzong. During the An Lushan Rebellion she fled west from Chang'an with the emperor and died under coercion in the mutiny at Mawei. Historical accounts place her death within the linked crises of Tong Pass, the court's evacuation, and military revolt; later literature and art gave her many additional cultural afterlives.
Life and times
- 719 CEBorn
Tang - 740Rainbow Skirt and Feathered Robe
Took partage 21Yang Yuhuan became an emblem of Tianbao court culture as court music and the Nishang Yuyi tradition flourished; after the An Lushan crisis, Mawei and Bai Juyi's Chang Hen Ge carried the story into lasting literary memory.- Nishang Yuyi Performed at Pear Gardenc. 740Around 740–754, the Nishang Yuyi repertory took court form in Pear Garden performance; Yang was celebrated for embodying its dance, while its origin remains a received Western-Liang and Xuanzong-revision tradition.
- Investiture of Yang Guifei at Huaqing745age 26In 745, Yang was invested as guifei; Xuanzong's repeated visits to Huaqing made the hot-spring court a defining Tianbao setting.
- Changsheng Vow and Memory of Guifei756age 37The separation at Mawei in 756 turned Tianbao splendor into tragedy; Bai Juyi's 806 Chang Hen Ge later carried the court story into lasting literary memory.
- Nishang Yuyi Performed at Pear Garden
- 755An Lushan Rebellion
Took partage 36After An Lushan's revolt, rebel armies seized Luoyang and Chang'an. Eight years of war weakened Tang finances and central authority; the Mawei crisis and postwar military governorships marked a lasting imperial rupture.- Mawei Mutiny and Death of Yang756age 37In 756, a mutiny at Mawei during Xuanzong's westward flight killed Yang Guozhong and compelled Yang Guifei's death.
- Mawei Mutiny and Death of Yang
- 756 CEDied
Family tree
- Direct kin
Yang GuifeiHusband (emperor)
