The jiedushi (Chinese: 節度使; Korean: 절도사; romaja: Jeoldosa; Vietnamese: Tiết độ sứ, Old Turkic: Tarduş) or jiedu, was a regional military governor in China;...

Yōuzhōu Jiédùshǐ (幽州), also known as Yōujì Jiédùshǐ (幽薊), Yānjì Jiédùshǐ (燕薊), Fànyáng Jiédùshǐ (范陽), and Lúlóng Jiédùshǐ (盧龍), was a military district...

Dingnan Jiedushi (simplified Chinese: 定难节度使; traditional Chinese: 定難節度使), also known as Xiasui Jiedushi (simplified Chinese: 夏绥节度使; traditional Chinese:...

Tang dynasty, the imperial government granted increased powers to the jiedushi, the regional military governors. The An Lushan (755–763) and Huang Chao...

Dingnan Jiedushi (complete list) – Li Sijian, Jiedushi (c.886–908) Li Yichang, Jiedushi (908–909/910) Li Renfu, Jiedushi (909/910–933) Li Yichao, Jiedushi (933–935)...

chief Khúc Thừa Dụ of the Khúc clan came to power and proclaimed himself jiedushi. In 907, his son Khúc Hạo (Chu Hao) succeeded as governor and was recognized...

recommendations to office. The rise of regional military governors known as jiedushi during the 9th century undermined this civil order. The dynasty and central...

Medieval Min Chinese Jiedushi   • 949 - 962 Liu Congxiao (Prince of Jinjiang) • 962 Liu Shaozi (Liuhou [zh], namely acting Jiedushi) • 962 - 963 Zhang Hansi...

emperors: Xuanzong, Suzong, and Daizong. On 16 December 755, An Lushan, the jiedushi of the Taiyuan Commandery, mobilized his army and marched to Fanyang. An...

Upon suppression of the rebellion, regional military governors, known as jiedushi, gained increasingly autonomous status as the central government lost its...