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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... sought to assert Chinese au- thority by bestowing pure Chinese titles upon nomadic rulers . For exam- ple , in 220 A.D. they made K'o - pi - neng , a loyal prince of a small tribe of Hsien - pei , a Fu - i Wang ( the Prince of upright ...
... sought to assert Chinese au- thority by bestowing pure Chinese titles upon nomadic rulers . For exam- ple , in 220 A.D. they made K'o - pi - neng , a loyal prince of a small tribe of Hsien - pei , a Fu - i Wang ( the Prince of upright ...
Page 141
... sought intermarriage for the same reasons they sought access to fron- tier markets or yearly payments . Intermarriage meant dowries and wedding gifts and equally important closer relations with agrarian courts . This enabled nomadic ...
... sought intermarriage for the same reasons they sought access to fron- tier markets or yearly payments . Intermarriage meant dowries and wedding gifts and equally important closer relations with agrarian courts . This enabled nomadic ...
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... sought to make Mao- tun a son - in - law , so his son might become the grandson of the Han em- peror and not compete against his Han grandfather , warrants fuller discussion . When Kao - ti determined to provide Mao - tun with an ...
... sought to make Mao- tun a son - in - law , so his son might become the grandson of the Han em- peror and not compete against his Han grandfather , warrants fuller discussion . When Kao - ti determined to provide Mao - tun with an ...
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