Emperor Xuanzong's Flight to Shu, mid-12th century. Emperor Xuanzong ell in love with the concubine Yang Guifei, troops demanded the execution of his lover. Shu was an ancient state in what is now Sichuan Province. Southern Song dynasty (1127-1279)

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