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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... rolls of embroidery , thirty rolls of brocade , forty rolls of red satin and forty rolls of designed silk . 15 The Hsiung - nu presented a camel and excellent horses suited for both riding and pulling chariots , and the Chinese offered ...
... rolls of embroidery , thirty rolls of brocade , forty rolls of red satin and forty rolls of designed silk . 15 The Hsiung - nu presented a camel and excellent horses suited for both riding and pulling chariots , and the Chinese offered ...
Page 101
... rolls of satin and two rolls of silk to encourage his good behavior . The sixth and last item recorded in " the Account of the Ta - tan " dealt with the disposition of political prisoners . Neither China nor the Mongols were to harbor ...
... rolls of satin and two rolls of silk to encourage his good behavior . The sixth and last item recorded in " the Account of the Ta - tan " dealt with the disposition of political prisoners . Neither China nor the Mongols were to harbor ...
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... rolls of embroidered and designed silk , and six thousand catties of lining silk . . . . In ad- dition the Emperor ordered the border officials to transfer 340,000 bushels of grain to his supply of food . . . . II The Southern Hsiung ...
... rolls of embroidered and designed silk , and six thousand catties of lining silk . . . . In ad- dition the Emperor ordered the border officials to transfer 340,000 bushels of grain to his supply of food . . . . II The Southern Hsiung ...
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