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 35
... secure essential goods and expand their grazing areas and power . " [ The Hsien - pei ] looted along the [ Han ] border on the south , resisted the Ting- ling on the north , repulsed the Fu - yü on the east , attacked the Wu - sun on ...
... secure essential goods and expand their grazing areas and power . " [ The Hsien - pei ] looted along the [ Han ] border on the south , resisted the Ting- ling on the north , repulsed the Fu - yü on the east , attacked the Wu - sun on ...
Page 36
... secure essential foods and cloth from the sedentary Chinese through peaceful means . When farsighted Han emperors established markets and other mechanisms which enabled the nomads to secure needed commod- ities , peace was possible ...
... secure essential foods and cloth from the sedentary Chinese through peaceful means . When farsighted Han emperors established markets and other mechanisms which enabled the nomads to secure needed commod- ities , peace was possible ...
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... secure grain to feed their people . As widespread famine broke out in 1627-28 and periodically thereafter , the Man- chus became even more aggressive , seeking to secure booty and to acquire new lands to cultivate in order to feed their ...
... secure grain to feed their people . As widespread famine broke out in 1627-28 and periodically thereafter , the Man- chus became even more aggressive , seeking to secure booty and to acquire new lands to cultivate in order to feed their ...
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