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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... Sung for seven years . When his resources were exhausted , and he could no longer sustain the conflict , the Tangut ruler signed a peace accord with the Sung in which the Sung committed them- selves to offer the Tangut bestowals and ...
... Sung for seven years . When his resources were exhausted , and he could no longer sustain the conflict , the Tangut ruler signed a peace accord with the Sung in which the Sung committed them- selves to offer the Tangut bestowals and ...
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... Sung to occupy the North- ern Hopei and Northern Shansi areas after the Khitan defeat . 87 As predicted by some Sung officials , after the defeat of the Khitan , it was not long before the accord of 1123 broke down that the Jurchen con ...
... Sung to occupy the North- ern Hopei and Northern Shansi areas after the Khitan defeat . 87 As predicted by some Sung officials , after the defeat of the Khitan , it was not long before the accord of 1123 broke down that the Jurchen con ...
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... Sung Images of the Khitans , " in Rossabi , ed . , China , 79 . 73. Sung shih 281 , chüan 40 , " Biography of K'ou Chun , " 20a - b . 74. For the biography of Liu Liu - fu see Liao shih 86 , chüan 16 , 2b . Liu Liu - fu's biog- raphy is ...
... Sung Images of the Khitans , " in Rossabi , ed . , China , 79 . 73. Sung shih 281 , chüan 40 , " Biography of K'ou Chun , " 20a - b . 74. For the biography of Liu Liu - fu see Liao shih 86 , chüan 16 , 2b . Liu Liu - fu's biog- raphy is ...
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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