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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Page 116
... Yearly payments were presented by the Chinese court to nomadic pow- ers as early as the Han period . The amount of gold , silver , silk , grain , and other goods the Chinese offered a northern neighbor depended on the relative strength ...
... Yearly payments were presented by the Chinese court to nomadic pow- ers as early as the Han period . The amount of gold , silver , silk , grain , and other goods the Chinese offered a northern neighbor depended on the relative strength ...
Page 132
... annual yearly payments . The Liao shih informs us that the Sung committed itself to increase the annual pre- sentation of silver by one hundred thousand taels and the amount of silk by one hundred thousand rolls . 77 A major hurdle in ...
... annual yearly payments . The Liao shih informs us that the Sung committed itself to increase the annual pre- sentation of silver by one hundred thousand taels and the amount of silk by one hundred thousand rolls . 77 A major hurdle in ...
Page 134
... payment of a huge in- demnity in addition to continued annual payments , and the sending of an imperial prince to serve as hostage in the Jurchen camp . Although an agreement was signed , it lasted only months , and in January 1127 , K ...
... payment of a huge in- demnity in addition to continued annual payments , and the sending of an imperial prince to serve as hostage in the Jurchen camp . Although an agreement was signed , it lasted only months , and in January 1127 , K ...
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