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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... Prince ( hsiao - wang - tzu ) , was estab- lished as khan . He directed his efforts at ending internal disunity , reestab- lishing the power of the khan , destroying rivals , and expelling the Oirad . Absorbed in consolidating his power ...
... Prince ( hsiao - wang - tzu ) , was estab- lished as khan . He directed his efforts at ending internal disunity , reestab- lishing the power of the khan , destroying rivals , and expelling the Oirad . Absorbed in consolidating his power ...
Page 152
... Prince of Huai - yang , the son of the Prince of Wei , to go to the Turks to accept the daughter of the Turkic khan . Prince Wu was accompanied by a large entourage carrying " gold and silk in great quantity to the barbarian ...
... Prince of Huai - yang , the son of the Prince of Wei , to go to the Turks to accept the daughter of the Turkic khan . Prince Wu was accompanied by a large entourage carrying " gold and silk in great quantity to the barbarian ...
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... Prince Pin , Li Ch'eng - ts'ai , who had earlier been sent by the Emperor Su - tsung as ambassador to the Uighurs , for the ceremony . Reminiscent of the Chinese practice of elevating a royal relative or lesser member of the imperial ...
... Prince Pin , Li Ch'eng - ts'ai , who had earlier been sent by the Emperor Su - tsung as ambassador to the Uighurs , for the ceremony . Reminiscent of the Chinese practice of elevating a royal relative or lesser member of the imperial ...
Common terms and phrases
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