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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... records provided by the Ming shih - lu and the private histories of contemporary scholars . No other era provides as full a record . Similarly , the Han dynasty records of Ssu - ma Ch'ien and Pan Ku and additional materials such as Huan ...
... records provided by the Ming shih - lu and the private histories of contemporary scholars . No other era provides as full a record . Similarly , the Han dynasty records of Ssu - ma Ch'ien and Pan Ku and additional materials such as Huan ...
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... records that each of the big cities of China annually consumed " one thousand pieces of fox and sable skins and one thousand tan of lamb skins . " 5 A notation in the Han shu suggests that , " because the fox and sable furs were ...
... records that each of the big cities of China annually consumed " one thousand pieces of fox and sable skins and one thousand tan of lamb skins . " 5 A notation in the Han shu suggests that , " because the fox and sable furs were ...
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... Records on the Bestowal of Imperial Princesses During the North- ern Wei Dynasty , " Papers on Far Eastern History 27 : 21–97 ( March 1983 ) . Hsiao Ch'i - ch'ing . “ Pei - ya yu - mu min - tsu nan - ch'in ko - chung yüan - yin ti chien ...
... Records on the Bestowal of Imperial Princesses During the North- ern Wei Dynasty , " Papers on Far Eastern History 27 : 21–97 ( March 1983 ) . Hsiao Ch'i - ch'ing . “ Pei - ya yu - mu min - tsu nan - ch'in ko - chung yüan - yin ti chien ...
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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