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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... Turks ] for peace and provided them with hundreds of thousands of rolls of satin and silk cloth each year . Turks in the capital were treated with high honors , clothed with embroideries , fed meat , and usually numbered in the ...
... Turks ] for peace and provided them with hundreds of thousands of rolls of satin and silk cloth each year . Turks in the capital were treated with high honors , clothed with embroideries , fed meat , and usually numbered in the ...
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... Turks in the north . " 66 Turkic policy was aimed at preventing the emergence of a powerful uni- fied regime south of the Great Wall . The preservation of this division made it possible for the Turks to profit economically as each ...
... Turks in the north . " 66 Turkic policy was aimed at preventing the emergence of a powerful uni- fied regime south of the Great Wall . The preservation of this division made it possible for the Turks to profit economically as each ...
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... Turks petitioned for marriage . The emperor said : ' Their location is too distant from us . They may be of no use in a time of need . What shall we do ? ' [ P'ei ] Chü said , ' The northern barbarians [ East- ern Turks ] , having ...
... Turks petitioned for marriage . The emperor said : ' Their location is too distant from us . They may be of no use in a time of need . What shall we do ? ' [ P'ei ] Chü said , ' The northern barbarians [ East- ern Turks ] , having ...
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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