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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... returned to the frontier areas . Although the demands made by Esen and Altan Khan for the riches of China were almost limitless , peace de- rived from the marketing mechanism was much less expensive than war . Chapter four focuses on ...
... returned to the frontier areas . Although the demands made by Esen and Altan Khan for the riches of China were almost limitless , peace de- rived from the marketing mechanism was much less expensive than war . Chapter four focuses on ...
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... returned Yüan Fu . The Emperor dis- patched the ... Great General , Prime Minister Li Ch'ung , 44 along with a hundred thousand troops to punish them . They advanced three thousand li from the border , reached the Gobi , but returned in ...
... returned Yüan Fu . The Emperor dis- patched the ... Great General , Prime Minister Li Ch'ung , 44 along with a hundred thousand troops to punish them . They advanced three thousand li from the border , reached the Gobi , but returned in ...
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... returned to the frontier of China to search for his grandson . When he discovered that Bagha - achi had surren- dered and Wang had treated him well and was willing to negotiate terms for his release , Altan responded immediately . Wang ...
... returned to the frontier of China to search for his grandson . When he discovered that Bagha - achi had surren- dered and Wang had treated him well and was willing to negotiate terms for his release , Altan responded immediately . Wang ...
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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