754
754 — China: Monk Jianzhen arrives in Japan and establishes the Risshū (Buddhism) sect in Nara / Japan: 唐僧鑑真、来朝して律宗を伝える
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| KoreaNorthern and Southern States period 698–918 | ChinaTang dynasty 618–907 | JapanNara period 710–794 | United States |
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- No events recorded for this year
| - Monk Jianzhen arrives in Japan and establishes the Risshū (Buddhism) sect in Nara
- Yang Guozhong invades Nanzhao but fails to engage with the enemy until supplies ran out, at which time they were attacked and routed
- 752An Lushan attacks the Khitans
- 753Geshu Han ejects the Tibetans from the "Nine Bends" region on the upper course of the Yellow River
- 755Zhang Xuan died.
- 755An Lushan Rebellion: An Lushan rebels and declares himself emperor of Yan
- 755December — An Lushan Rebellion: The Tang jiedushi An Lushan declared himself emperor of Yan.
- 756安史叛軍入長安,唐玄宗出奔蜀地。至馬嵬驛,軍士嘩變,楊國忠、楊貴妃被殺。
- 756The Taoist Mao Kua reports in his Pinglongren (Recognition of the Recumbent Dragon) that by heating saltpeter, the yin of the air can be obtained, which combines with sulphur, carbon, and metals other than gold.
- 756Spring — Battle of Yongqiu: Yan forces retreated from their siege of a Tang fortress in Yongqiu, in modern Kaifeng.
- 756August — The Tang army declared Xuanzong's son Emperor Suzong of Tang emperor at Lingwu.
- 756September — Xuanzong recognized Suzong as emperor.
| - 唐僧鑑真、来朝して律宗を伝える。JA
- Priest Ganjin arrives from China.
| covered from 1607 |