Portal:China/Anniversaries/December/December 8
Appearance
- Events
- 395 – Later Yan is defeated by its former vassal Northern Wei at the Battle of Canhe Slope.
- 757 – Du Fu returns to Chang'an as a member of Emperor Xuanzong's court, after having escaped the city during the An Lushan Rebellion.
- Births
- 1900 – Sun Li-jen, Chinese general (d. 1990)
- 1923 – Rudolph Pariser, Chinese-American chemist
- 1983 – Liu Song, Chinese snooker player