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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... rulers . For ex- ample , powerful Hsiung - nu rulers addressed the Han court on a brother- to - brother basis , and the northern rulers of the Liao and Chin dynasties addressed the Sung court on an uncle - to - nephew basis , 51 whereas ...
... rulers . For ex- ample , powerful Hsiung - nu rulers addressed the Han court on a brother- to - brother basis , and the northern rulers of the Liao and Chin dynasties addressed the Sung court on an uncle - to - nephew basis , 51 whereas ...
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... rulers , which was calculated to guarantee that the bounty of China fell into the hands of a nomadic ruler rather than that of his subjects , thereby creating a gulf between him and his people : " If the Liao establishes peace with the ...
... rulers , which was calculated to guarantee that the bounty of China fell into the hands of a nomadic ruler rather than that of his subjects , thereby creating a gulf between him and his people : " If the Liao establishes peace with the ...
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... rulers , of their own volition , to come to the borders of China to seek recognition as a tributary state in a hierarchically arranged " Chinese world order . " Chi- nese records might lead one to believe that once enrolled as a ...
... rulers , of their own volition , to come to the borders of China to seek recognition as a tributary state in a hierarchically arranged " Chinese world order . " Chi- nese records might lead one to believe that once enrolled as a ...
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