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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... five hundred thousand rolls of silk and taels of silver , so we advocated this . " Chu - chung said : " Compare this five hundred thousand rolls of silk and taels of silver86 with the one hundred million and nine hundred thousand that ...
... five hundred thousand rolls of silk and taels of silver , so we advocated this . " Chu - chung said : " Compare this five hundred thousand rolls of silk and taels of silver86 with the one hundred million and nine hundred thousand that ...
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... five hundred persons to the customs station , the governor of Ta - t'ung , Hsü Chin , was instructed to allow five hundred persons to proceed to the capital . The Ming shih informs us that in 1490 the military forces at Ta - t'ung were ...
... five hundred persons to the customs station , the governor of Ta - t'ung , Hsü Chin , was instructed to allow five hundred persons to proceed to the capital . The Ming shih informs us that in 1490 the military forces at Ta - t'ung were ...
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... five hundred thousand rolls of silk and also five hundred thousand taels of silver . 87. Hsü Meng - hsin , San ch'ao pei - meng hui - pien ( completed by 1161 , reprinted Taipei , 1982 ) vol . I , the entry of the fourth month of the ...
... five hundred thousand rolls of silk and also five hundred thousand taels of silver . 87. Hsü Meng - hsin , San ch'ao pei - meng hui - pien ( completed by 1161 , reprinted Taipei , 1982 ) vol . I , the entry of the fourth month 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