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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Page 82
... chief named Esen began to dictate tribute exchange patterns to the Ming by simply ignoring court quotas established on the number of Oirad envoys and merchants who could trade at the frontier and enter China to present tribute . After ...
... chief named Esen began to dictate tribute exchange patterns to the Ming by simply ignoring court quotas established on the number of Oirad envoys and merchants who could trade at the frontier and enter China to present tribute . After ...
Page 165
... chief determinant of peace and war between the nomadic and Chinese peoples along China's northern borders . The nomadic peoples were dependent on a few key products produced by the agriculturalist Chinese , particularly grain and cloth ...
... chief determinant of peace and war between the nomadic and Chinese peoples along China's northern borders . The nomadic peoples were dependent on a few key products produced by the agriculturalist Chinese , particularly grain and cloth ...
Page 186
... chief determinant of frontier stability between China and the nomads who were dependent on some goods she produced . Peace was possible when either frontier markets , the exchange of nomadic tribute for Chinese bestowals and yearly ...
... chief determinant of frontier stability between China and the nomads who were dependent on some goods she produced . Peace was possible when either frontier markets , the exchange of nomadic tribute for Chinese bestowals and yearly ...
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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