The city has remained a leading economic and cultural center and major port of foreign trade and external exchange since the Tang dynasty ( 618 – 907 ) . Many Arab and Persian merchants lived in the city in the 7th century , but they were massacred in the thousands in 760 during the An Lushan Rebellion by Tian Shengong 's ( ) rebel insurgents during the Yangzhou massacre ( 760 )
Yangzhou massacre ( 760 )
Yangzhou massacre (760)
Yangzhou