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 118
... silk bestowed on him to nine thousand rolls , and they offered him 8,000 catties of lining silk . 12 In 33 B.C. , the Shan - yü of the Southern Hsiung - nu was given double the bestowals of 49 B.C. in clothing , brocades , and lining silk ...
... silk bestowed on him to nine thousand rolls , and they offered him 8,000 catties of lining silk . 12 In 33 B.C. , the Shan - yü of the Southern Hsiung - nu was given double the bestowals of 49 B.C. in clothing , brocades , and lining silk ...
Page 124
... silk , causing them to come to Shuo - fang chün ( present Ling - wu area of Ning - hsia ) to receive the bestowals . " 42 This " bestowal " again is misrepresented by Chinese chroniclers who should more appropriately suggest that the ...
... silk , causing them to come to Shuo - fang chün ( present Ling - wu area of Ning - hsia ) to receive the bestowals . " 42 This " bestowal " again is misrepresented by Chinese chroniclers who should more appropriately suggest that the ...
Page 169
... silk and other cloths as well as grain from their agrarian neighbors . They sought Chinese textiles because of the comfort they pro- vided when worn and their value as mediums for exchange with other more distant peoples , and grain was ...
... silk and other cloths as well as grain from their agrarian neighbors . They sought Chinese textiles because of the comfort they pro- vided when worn and their value as mediums for exchange with other more distant peoples , and grain was ...
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