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From war to diplomatic parity in eleventh-century China : Sung's foreign relations with Kitan Liao / by David Curtis Wright.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wright, David Curtis, 1960-
- Series:
- History of warfare ; v. 33.
- History of warfare, 1385-7827 ; 33
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- China--Foreign relations--960-1644.
- China.
- China--History, Military--960-1644.
- China--History--Song dynasty, 960-1279.
- China--History--Liao dynasty, 947-1125.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (304 p.)
- Other Title:
- Sung's foreign relations with Kitan Liao
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This study of relations between Sung China (960-1279) and Kitan Liao (916-1125), a state on Sung's northern border, is both a military and diplomatic history and a history of diplomacy. Its first chapters historically contextualise the equality of Sung-Liao diplomacy and narrate how, during the late tenth and early eleventh centuries, the two states fought each other to a standstill before concluding peace at Shan-yüan in 1005. Later chapters cover the forms and textures of peaceful diplomatic contact between Sung and Liao that endured for the rest of the century. It will be useful for scholars and interested general readers who wish to probe beyond generalisations and explore in more detail mid-imperial China's warfare and diplomacy with its northern neighbours.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter One: Sung-Liao Diplomacy in the History of Chinese Foreign Relations
- Chapter Two: The Sung-Liao War of 1004-1005 and the Covenant of Shan-yüan
- Chapter Three: Embassies
- Chapter Four: Routine Diplomatic Missives
- Chapter Five: Embassy Reports
- Chapter Six: Mid-century Crisis
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Glossary
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-245) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-86834-1
- 9786610868346
- 1-4294-5346-X
- 90-474-0782-2
- 1-4337-0632-6
- OCLC:
- 191936493
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789047407829 DOI
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