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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... struggle to build empires among Tibetans , Turks , Arabs , and the Chinese . Although his research deals with the early middle ages , spanning the seventh through the ninth centuries rather than the earlier Han - Hsiung - nu rivalry ...
... struggle to build empires among Tibetans , Turks , Arabs , and the Chinese . Although his research deals with the early middle ages , spanning the seventh through the ninth centuries rather than the earlier Han - Hsiung - nu rivalry ...
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... struggle and offered lavish gifts to A - pao - chi and his fol- lowers . A - pao - chi accepted bestowals from both Emperor Wu ( r . 907-922 ) of the Liang and Emperor Chuang - tsung ( r . 923–926 ) of the Later T'ang , but in reality ...
... struggle and offered lavish gifts to A - pao - chi and his fol- lowers . A - pao - chi accepted bestowals from both Emperor Wu ( r . 907-922 ) of the Liang and Emperor Chuang - tsung ( r . 923–926 ) of the Later T'ang , but in reality ...
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... struggle be- tween the states of Northern Ch'i and Northern Chou to gain an alliance with the Turks after the breakup of the Northern Wei dynasty into East- ern Wei and Western Wei halves and the subsequent fall of these states . Some ...
... struggle be- tween the states of Northern Ch'i and Northern Chou to gain an alliance with the Turks after the breakup of the Northern Wei dynasty into East- ern Wei and Western Wei halves and the subsequent fall of these states . Some ...
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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