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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... Jurchen diplomatic activity was colored by the fact that the Khitan and Jurchen people occupied agricultural North China and therefore they possessed not only native but also sedentary power . The interaction of three non - Chinese ...
... Jurchen diplomatic activity was colored by the fact that the Khitan and Jurchen people occupied agricultural North China and therefore they possessed not only native but also sedentary power . The interaction of three non - Chinese ...
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... Jurchen northeast of the Khitan Liao and Tan- gut Hsia states in the early twelfth century had a dramatic effect on fron- tier relations . The peace established between the Khitan and the Sung by the Treaty of Shan - yüan in 1005 ...
... Jurchen northeast of the Khitan Liao and Tan- gut Hsia states in the early twelfth century had a dramatic effect on fron- tier relations . The peace established between the Khitan and the Sung by the Treaty of Shan - yüan in 1005 ...
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... Jurchen con- tinued to move south into Sung territory . In 1126 , before the Sung capital at K'ai - feng was occupied , a feverish exchange of correspondence occurred between the desperate Sung and the Jurchen . During these ...
... Jurchen con- tinued to move south into Sung territory . In 1126 , before the Sung capital at K'ai - feng was occupied , a feverish exchange of correspondence occurred between the desperate Sung and the Jurchen . During these ...
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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