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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... Western nations that followed its lead , unequal treaties guaranteeing Western access to the trading markets which they coveted . Many of the problems faced by the Western " barbarians " seeking trade with China were identical to those ...
... Western nations that followed its lead , unequal treaties guaranteeing Western access to the trading markets which they coveted . Many of the problems faced by the Western " barbarians " seeking trade with China were identical to those ...
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... Western Turks instead : " At present , the important matter is to establish distant allies and to attack the [ enemy ] ... Western Turks . Conse- quently , the [ Western ] Turks petitioned for marriage Intermarriage 151.
... Western Turks instead : " At present , the important matter is to establish distant allies and to attack the [ enemy ] ... Western Turks . Conse- quently , the [ Western ] Turks petitioned for marriage Intermarriage 151.
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... Western Turkic leader T'ung - yeh - hu ( r . 618- 630 ) , but " just then Il Khan [ of the Eastern Turks ] invaded and the route to the western barbarians was cut off . Consequently , the marriage agree- ment was not carried out ...
... Western Turkic leader T'ung - yeh - hu ( r . 618- 630 ) , but " just then Il Khan [ of the Eastern Turks ] invaded and the route to the western barbarians was cut off . Consequently , the marriage agree- ment was not carried out ...
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