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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... Southern Hsiung - nu did not lead to a complete break between the Han and the Northern Hsiung - nu , who , as early as 52 A.D. , petitioned the Han for peace , trade , and intermarriage.46 It did , however , lead to a decline of ...
... Southern Hsiung - nu did not lead to a complete break between the Han and the Northern Hsiung - nu , who , as early as 52 A.D. , petitioned the Han for peace , trade , and intermarriage.46 It did , however , lead to a decline of ...
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... Southern Hsiung - nu alliance led the Northern Hsiung - nu to flee their homeland and allowed the Southern Hsiung - nu to occupy it . Next , Han policy mak- ers effectively stopped the flow of goods from the western regions of Cen- tral ...
... Southern Hsiung - nu alliance led the Northern Hsiung - nu to flee their homeland and allowed the Southern Hsiung - nu to occupy it . Next , Han policy mak- ers effectively stopped the flow of goods from the western regions of Cen- tral ...
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... Southern Sung dynasty , 88 Fourteen years of war followed before the Southern Sung and the Jur- chen finally agreed to peace in 1141 , based on the following terms : " It was decided to divide the territory from the middle stream of the ...
... Southern Sung dynasty , 88 Fourteen years of war followed before the Southern Sung and the Jur- chen finally agreed to peace in 1141 , based on the following terms : " It was decided to divide the territory from the middle stream of the ...
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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