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 90
... markets promote corruption , are costly , and provide the Chinese with little to benefit the state . Yang realized that frontier officials and merchants at Hsüan - fu , Ta - t'ung , and elsewhere were generally in collusion with the ...
... markets promote corruption , are costly , and provide the Chinese with little to benefit the state . Yang realized that frontier officials and merchants at Hsüan - fu , Ta - t'ung , and elsewhere were generally in collusion with the ...
Page 91
... markets you could hobble the barbarians . Mongols depended on and coveted Chinese goods and also derived substantial profit from trading for them at Chinese markets ... market - exchange system fall into this category Frontier Markets 91.
... markets you could hobble the barbarians . Mongols depended on and coveted Chinese goods and also derived substantial profit from trading for them at Chinese markets ... market - exchange system fall into this category Frontier Markets 91.
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... market . Subsequently , the interchange markets were reopened at Hsüan - fu and Ta - t'ung . The borders remained quiet for some time , but the cost of pacification was very great . To meet the need for maintaining [ the market ] , the ...
... market . Subsequently , the interchange markets were reopened at Hsüan - fu and Ta - t'ung . The borders remained quiet for some time , but the cost of pacification was very great . To meet the need for maintaining [ the market ] , 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