Yang Guozhong (楊國忠 Pinyin: yang2 guo2 zhong1) (d. July 15, 756) was an official who achieved high rank due to his relation with Emperor-Consort Yang Guifei. Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: 汉语拼音; Traditional Chinese: 漢語拼音; Hanyu Pinyin: , lit. ... July 15 is the 196th day (197th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 169 days remaining. ... Events Abd-ar-rahman I conquers Iberia and establishes a new Umayyad dynasty. ... Guanxi (Traditional Chinese: 關係; Simplified Chinese: 关系; Cantonese IPA: gwɑŋ1 hɐɪ3; Jyutping: gwaang1 hai3; pinyin: gūan xi), describes the basic force that holds the personalised networks of influence. ... Yang Guifei (楊貴妃 Secondary-consort Yang) (June 1, 719 — July 15, 756), born Yang Yuhuan (楊玉環), was one of the Four Beauties of ancient China. ...

Yang Zhao (楊釗) was her distant cousin, a gambler and a wastrel, though not without political cunning. He received the given name Guozhong ("Loyal to the Empire") and ten titles, including Overseer of All Departments (支部郎中). In effect, he became the Prime Minister of the empire, and was entirely unsuited for the position. A given name specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name. ...

Yang, his cousin, and many of the Yang family were killed during the Anshi Rebellion because the army attributed the chaos to them. The Anshi Rebellion (安史之亂 pinyin: an1 shi3 zhi1 luan4) occurred in China, during the Tang Dynasty, from 756 to 763. ...