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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... subjects . " 81 In this instance , bureaucratic delay may have been the result of court debate on the prudence of providing the nomads with grain and beans that might be used to feed Chinese defectors , but most certainly it was always ...
... subjects . " 81 In this instance , bureaucratic delay may have been the result of court debate on the prudence of providing the nomads with grain and beans that might be used to feed Chinese defectors , but most certainly it was always ...
Page 191
... subjects , and damage will be done to the state Khan . " See Toghto et al . , Liao shih ( completed 1344 , reprinted Taipei , 1967 ) , 19 , chi 19 , " Annals of Hsing - tsung " III , 3a . Fu Pi's words swayed the Liao emperor Hsing ...
... subjects , and damage will be done to the state Khan . " See Toghto et al . , Liao shih ( completed 1344 , reprinted Taipei , 1967 ) , 19 , chi 19 , " Annals of Hsing - tsung " III , 3a . Fu Pi's words swayed the Liao emperor Hsing ...
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... subjects of your kingdom who have for years traded with us , the Celestial Empire has always looked upon them and all other nations with equal favor . Not one single person or country is excluded from Our kindness and benev olence . But ...
... subjects of your kingdom who have for years traded with us , the Celestial Empire has always looked upon them and all other nations with equal favor . Not one single person or country is excluded from Our kindness and benev olence . But ...
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