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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... marriage with the Jou - jan or the Turks was en- couraged for military or diplomatic advantage . The money and gifts ... marriage of a Chinese princess to a Turk dur- ing the early T'ang . This marriage was between the daughter of ...
... marriage with the Jou - jan or the Turks was en- couraged for military or diplomatic advantage . The money and gifts ... marriage of a Chinese princess to a Turk dur- ing the early T'ang . This marriage was between the daughter of ...
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... marriage ties with the kings of Tibet . The Hsin T'ang shu informs us that as early as 632 the " first great Tibetan emperor " 57 Songtsan - gambo ( d . 650 ) , began sending envoys to T'ang China . He had heard that leaders of the ...
... marriage ties with the kings of Tibet . The Hsin T'ang shu informs us that as early as 632 the " first great Tibetan emperor " 57 Songtsan - gambo ( d . 650 ) , began sending envoys to T'ang China . He had heard that leaders of the ...
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... marriage of Princess Ning - kuo to Ko - le Khan provides an excel- lent means to explore the Chinese - nomadic institution of intermarriage . One is first impressed by the seriousness with which both courts prepared for the marriage ...
... marriage of Princess Ning - kuo to Ko - le Khan provides an excel- lent means to explore the Chinese - nomadic institution of intermarriage . One is first impressed by the seriousness with which both courts prepared for the marriage ...
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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