Peace, War, and Trade Along the Great Wall: Nomadic-Chinese Interaction Through Two MilleniaIn 1577, during a great court debate over the formulation of china's policy toward its nomadic neighbors, the Ming scholar-official Feng Feng-shih observed: "When there are markets and tribute, there is no war." For two millennia, tension between nomad and chinese along China's northern frontier threatened to erupt into war, and for two millennia, the essential element determining whether peace or war existed was trade. This fascinating book tells the story of the centuries-long confrontation along the Great Wall of China. |
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... According to the principle of the haltering policy [ toward the barbarians ] , there is no reason not to respond . It would be good to reward [ them ] with bestowals a little more valuable than those they have brought as tribute ...
... According to the principle of the haltering policy [ toward the barbarians ] , there is no reason not to respond . It would be good to reward [ them ] with bestowals a little more valuable than those they have brought as tribute ...
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... According to the Ch'ing scholar Chang Mu , Pai - lang shui is the present Ta - ling river . See Chang Mu's Meng - ku yu - mu chi , 1859. Reprinted in Taipei 1965 , chüan 2 , 14a - 16a ( 89-91 ) . 49. Li Yen - shou , Pei shih ( reprinted ...
... According to the Ch'ing scholar Chang Mu , Pai - lang shui is the present Ta - ling river . See Chang Mu's Meng - ku yu - mu chi , 1859. Reprinted in Taipei 1965 , chüan 2 , 14a - 16a ( 89-91 ) . 49. Li Yen - shou , Pei shih ( reprinted ...
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... According to this source , in the last year of T'ai - tsu's reign , 1398 , only between ten thousand and thirteen thousand five hundred horses were acquired through these markets . 4. Ibid . , 81 , chih 57 , “ Monograph on Economy , " V ...
... According to this source , in the last year of T'ai - tsu's reign , 1398 , only between ten thousand and thirteen thousand five hundred horses were acquired through these markets . 4. Ibid . , 81 , chih 57 , “ Monograph on Economy , " V ...
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Account Altan Khan Annals attack barbarians bestowals Bilge Khan Biography border Ch'i Ch'ing chih Chin China Chinese court Chinggis Khan Chiu T'ang shu chüan Dayan Khan envoys Esen exchange frontier markets frontiers of China Fu Pi grain Han dynasty horse markets Hsien-pei Hsin T'ang shu Ibid Il Khan imperial intermarriage Ishbara Jinong jitsuroku sho Jou-jan Jurchen Kao-ti Kao-tsu Khitan Ko-le Khan Later T'ang madic Manchus Mao-tun Middle Kingdom military Ming court Ming emperor Ming shih Ming shih-lu Mokohen Mongolian Mongols nese nomadic nomadic leaders nomadic rulers Northern Chou Northern Wei officials Oirad peace present tribute Prince princess relations Reprinted in Taipei sedentarist sent Shan-yü Shih-tsung shu reprinted Taipei Southern Hsiung-nu suggested Sui dynasty Sung shih T'ai-tsung T'ang court T'ang emperor Ta-t'ung Ta-tan Tibetan trade tribes tributary Tümen Turkic Turks Uighur Uriyangkha vassal Wang Ch'ung-ku Wang Mang Wen-ti Wu-huan Wu-ti yearly payments Yüan