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 89
... memorial translated as a foot- note in this monograph , 47 Yang presented ten objections to allowing Altan to offer tribute and trade at frontier markets and criticized Ch'ou Luan and his colleagues for developing five erroneous ...
... memorial translated as a foot- note in this monograph , 47 Yang presented ten objections to allowing Altan to offer tribute and trade at frontier markets and criticized Ch'ou Luan and his colleagues for developing five erroneous ...
Page 102
... Memorial for Tribute from Altan Shun - i Wang of the Northern Barbarians , " is found in the Hsüan - lan - tang tsung- shu . The document was probably written by a Chinese official and “ pol- ished " to satisfy the expectations of the ...
... Memorial for Tribute from Altan Shun - i Wang of the Northern Barbarians , " is found in the Hsüan - lan - tang tsung- shu . The document was probably written by a Chinese official and “ pol- ished " to satisfy the expectations of the ...
Page 206
... memorial is also found at the front of Wada Sei , tablet 5-6 . 116. Hsüan - lan - t'ang ts'ung - shu , vol . I. 117 ... memorial entitled " A Memorial for Tribute from Altan , Shun - i Wang of the Northern Barbarians , " is cited in full ...
... memorial is also found at the front of Wada Sei , tablet 5-6 . 116. Hsüan - lan - t'ang ts'ung - shu , vol . I. 117 ... memorial entitled " A Memorial for Tribute from Altan , Shun - i Wang of the Northern Barbarians , " is cited in full ...
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