Originally of Turkic-Persian origin, he was a prot??of
Tu Fu's poem The Man with No Family to Take Leave Of was based on the events precipitated by this man.  Originally of Turkic-Persian origin, he was a prot??of the emperor's concubine Yang Guifei, who he later strangled and threw into a ditch.  He was military commander on China's northeast frontier and in 755 CE he seized the city of Luoyang and the imperial capital at Chang'an, thereby sparking his namesake rebellion against the Emperor Xuanzong.  FTP, identify this Chinese general who led a rebellion that marked the end of the Tang Dynasty.
Tu Fu's poem The Man with No Family to Take Leave Of was based on the events precipitated by this man.  
An Lushan