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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... vassal but to place him above the feudal kings . " 54 The Han emperor and his ministers recognized the Hsiung - nu Shan - yü as the sover- eign of an equal state , one who deserved to be treated as a guest and not as a subject . 1156 ...
... vassal but to place him above the feudal kings . " 54 The Han emperor and his ministers recognized the Hsiung - nu Shan - yü as the sover- eign of an equal state , one who deserved to be treated as a guest and not as a subject . 1156 ...
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... vassal . [ I , Your ] vassal am worthy of nothing , but what of the affairs of the kingdom ? Please , issue a clear decree to the vassals ordering them to strengthen their preparation for war . 68 As suggested in the above discussion ...
... vassal . [ I , Your ] vassal am worthy of nothing , but what of the affairs of the kingdom ? Please , issue a clear decree to the vassals ordering them to strengthen their preparation for war . 68 As suggested in the above discussion ...
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... vassal , are scattered [ over the lands ] of the western bend of the Yellow river and the Great and Small Sung - shan west of the [ Yellow ] river ; and the people of the younger brother of [ your ] vassal , Ba'atur , are spread ...
... vassal , are scattered [ over the lands ] of the western bend of the Yellow river and the Great and Small Sung - shan west of the [ Yellow ] river ; and the people of the younger brother of [ your ] vassal , Ba'atur , are spread ...
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