In this task you will be given a text passage from a trivia quiz. You should choose the category this question belongs to from these categories: History, Science, Social Science, Fine Arts, Literature. You can only choose one category, so if in doubt, please choose the closest match.

This author wrote about Octave de Malivert's love with the title character in Armance, and also published a story collection called the Italian Chronicles. This man also wrote about a resident of Lake Como who attempts to join Napoleon's army before that man, Fabrizio del Dongo, ultimately retires to the titular residence. In addition to The (*) Charterhouse of Parma, this man wrote a novel whose protagonist is sentenced to death after shooting at Madame de Renal. For 10 points, name this French author who created Julien Sorel in The Red and the Black.
Literature

This dynasty continued a system in which one month out of every five was given to military service by those who lived within 500 li of the capital; that was the Fubing system. A Buddhist savings bank stocked by donations was liquidated during this dynasty and was called the "Inexhaustible Treasury."  Governors known as "jiedushi" first sprang up during this period under emperor (*) Xuanzong. A major insurrection during this dynasty ended after Shi Chaoyi killed himself. This dynasty was  interrupted by the second Zhou dynasty when Ruizong announced that his mother, Wu Zetian, would be  emperor. For 10 points, name this Chinese dynasty that lasted from 618 until 907 and faced the An  Lushan rebellion.
History

This artist proposed an S-shaped ""line of beauty,"" which can be seen in his self-portrait The Painter and his Pug. He depicted the fates of two apprentices in a series of engravings titled Industry and Idleness. Another of his series includes such works as The Tete a Tete (TET ah TET) and warns against the dangers of money. This British satirist of (*) Marriage a-la-mode is better known for another series of paintings chronicling Tom's descent into Bedlam. For 10 points, name this artist of A Rake's Progress.

Fine Arts