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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... tribes to aid them in their struggle against the Tatar tribe . They established an alliance with the young Chinggis Khan and To'oril , the Khan of the Kereyid tribe , located in the central part of present Mongolia in the upper ...
... tribes to aid them in their struggle against the Tatar tribe . They established an alliance with the young Chinggis Khan and To'oril , the Khan of the Kereyid tribe , located in the central part of present Mongolia in the upper ...
Page 97
... tribes , then who will dare turn on us to [ make ] disaster ? " 9 ° Altan and the Ordos Mongols had invaded Tibet in ... tribe of Mon- gols , and the Ordos Mongols were led by Noyandara Jinong . Both of these tribes belonged to the Right ...
... tribes , then who will dare turn on us to [ make ] disaster ? " 9 ° Altan and the Ordos Mongols had invaded Tibet in ... tribe of Mon- gols , and the Ordos Mongols were led by Noyandara Jinong . Both of these tribes belonged to the Right ...
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... tribes offered tribute to the Ming court . Some tribes allied themselves with Manchu power , while others identified themselves with Mongols of the Right Flank which had separated themselves from the khan's direct authority during ...
... tribes offered tribute to the Ming court . Some tribes allied themselves with Manchu power , while others identified themselves with Mongols of the Right Flank which had separated themselves from the khan's direct authority during ...
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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