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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... given to Hu - han - yeh , they are smaller , " which confirms our belief that the second group of Southern Hsiung - nu to submit to China were not as powerful as the first . Bestowals were presented to the Southern Hsiung - nu Shan - yü ...
... given to Hu - han - yeh , they are smaller , " which confirms our belief that the second group of Southern Hsiung - nu to submit to China were not as powerful as the first . Bestowals were presented to the Southern Hsiung - nu Shan - yü ...
Page 124
... given honorary titles , and exchanged their goods for essential items from the agrarian court . How- ever , after the An Lu - shan rebellion in 755 , the T'ang emperor Su - tsung sought Uighur assistance in overthrowing the rebels and ...
... given honorary titles , and exchanged their goods for essential items from the agrarian court . How- ever , after the An Lu - shan rebellion in 755 , the T'ang emperor Su - tsung sought Uighur assistance in overthrowing the rebels and ...
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... given to him as a wife . He admitted that formerly the Middle Kingdom presented daughters of members of the royal family who were given the titles of princess and adopted as daugh- ters of a Chinese emperor to marry nomadic rulers ...
... given to him as a wife . He admitted that formerly the Middle Kingdom presented daughters of members of the royal family who were given the titles of princess and adopted as daugh- ters of a Chinese emperor to marry nomadic rulers ...
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