An Lushan (65438+7031October 22 -65438+7571October 29) was born in Liucheng, Yingzhou (now Chaoyang, Liaoning) and was a Sogdian. In the Tang Dynasty, he was a vassal, a traitor and a pseudo-Yan Guo Kai emperor.
He was born in western Guo Kang, and his father died young. His mother Ashide remarried to An Yanyan, the younger brother of You Yulin's general An, and changed her name to An, who is proficient in nine languages. In the early years of Kaiyuan, he fled from Turkey and became the ministry and adopted son of Zhang Shoujue, the governor of Youzhou (Fanyang). Brave and good at fighting, he repeatedly made meritorious military service, which moved Lu Jun, military forces and Yingzhou generals.