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 27
... offered fine manufactured goods . The quantity of items offered by the Han far exceeded those given by the Hsiung - nu . These exchanges were often symbolic , designed to formalize friendship rather than supply the nomads with essential ...
... offered fine manufactured goods . The quantity of items offered by the Han far exceeded those given by the Hsiung - nu . These exchanges were often symbolic , designed to formalize friendship rather than supply the nomads with essential ...
Page 93
... offered to the Mongols . First , the markets were to be opened in recognition of the willingness of Altan and his followers to ' ' restrain their tribes and refrain from violating the border . " 69 Second , one hundred thousand taels of ...
... offered to the Mongols . First , the markets were to be opened in recognition of the willingness of Altan and his followers to ' ' restrain their tribes and refrain from violating the border . " 69 Second , one hundred thousand taels of ...
Page 123
... offering of bestowals does not always reflect the true situation . Sui and early T'ang leaders did not take Ishbara and ... offered his successor Ch'o - lo Khan ( r . 619– 620 ) a funerary gift of thirty thousand rolls of silk . 38 This ...
... offering of bestowals does not always reflect the true situation . Sui and early T'ang leaders did not take Ishbara and ... offered his successor Ch'o - lo Khan ( r . 619– 620 ) a funerary gift of thirty thousand rolls of silk . 38 This ...
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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