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'Anshi' is a strange thing to put in brackets, especially since An and Shi are separate surnames. Even 'Great Yan' might be a better choice. Kayau Voting IS evil 09:19, 11 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Perhaps. I am open to alternatives. I do not think "Great Yan" is appropriate, however; "great" ('da', 大) is not an unique identifier among Chinese states at all, as virtually all Chinese states would have referred themselves as "great" at one point or another. Indeed, one article I plan to expand relatively soon, Yan (Five Dynasties), was referred to as "Great Yan" as well (at times sarcastically), as were the Yan states of the Murong clan. --Nlu (talk) 15:15, 11 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I understand that Great Yan may not be the best of alternatives. In fact, I was thinking that the articles itself could be merged into An Shi rebellion, as this 'dynasty' really belongs to Tang. Kayau Voting IS evil 06:17, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thought: what about "Yan (8th century)"? --Nlu (talk) 06:27, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Um... is there a naming convention somewhere for historical states? I'd like to read that first. Also, perhaps the move of this page could wait until the main rebellion page discussion is over. Kayau Voting IS evil 06:35, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Not that I am aware of. --Nlu (talk) 06:41, 12 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

(10 years later!) Why is "An–Shi" in the title of this article, yet the term "An-Shi" is explained nowhere in the text of the current version of this article? Please fix this situation! 173.88.246.138 (talk) 03:16, 24 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]