Sino-Iranian and Sino-Arabian Relations in Late Antiquity : China and the Parthians, Sasanians, and Arabs in the First Millennium / Jeffrey Kotyk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kotyk, Jeffrey, author.

Series:

Asian Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2024.

Crossroads - History of Interactions across the Silk Routes ; 8.

Asian Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2024

Crossroads - History of Interactions across the Silk Routes ; 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization, Arab.

Parthians.

China--Civilization--Iranian influences.

China.

China--Relations--To 1644.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (351 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

China and the Parthians, Sasanians, and Arabs in the First Millennium

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2024.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What type of exchanges occurred between West and East Asia in the first millennium CE? What sort of connections existed between Persia and China? What did the Chinese know of early Islam? This study offers an overview of the cultural, diplomatic, commercial, and religious relationships that flourished between Iran and China, building on the pioneering work of Berthold Laufer's Sino-Iranica (1919) while utilizing a diverse array of Classical Chinese sources to tell the story of Sino-Iran in a fresh light to highlight the significance of transcultural networks across Asia in late antiquity.

Contents:

Front Cover

Half Title

Series Information

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Tables and Figures

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 China and Parthia

1 Parthia in Chinese Sources

2 Rome and Sino-Parthian Relations

3 Chinese Religion and Parthia

Chapter 3 Sino-Iranian Relations in the Sasanian Period

1 The Ethnonym of Persia in Chinese

2 Early Descriptions of Persia

3 The Persian Calendar

4 The Persian Language in China

5 Diplomacy between Sasanian Iran and China

6 The Demise of the Sasanian State and the Persian Diaspora

Chapter 4 Chinese Buddhists and Persia

1 Chinese Buddhist Histories and Ethnography

2 Iran in Chinese Buddhist Texts

3 Xuanzang's Travelogue and Translations

4 Mahāyāna Texts and Iran

5 Other East Asian Buddhist Materials

6 Conclusion

Chapter 5 Iranian Religions in China-Adaptation and Integration

1 The Establishment of Iranian Religions in Tang China

2 Zoroastrianism: Adaptation and Integration

3 The Frontier and Zoroastrianism

4 Iranian Religions in Tang China: Adaptation and Integration

Chapter 6 Astrology and Astral Magic

1 Astrology and Divination in China

2 Buddhist Astrology

3 Indo-Iranian Elements in Tang Astrology

4 Astrological Iconography

5 The Eight, Nine, and Eleven Planets

Chapter 7 Material and Commercial Cultures

1 Trade Commodities

2 Metals, Minerals, and Gems

3 Persians and Arabs in Southeast Asia and Southern China

4 Textiles

5 Aromatics

6 Consumables

7 Conclusion

Chapter 8 The Early Accounts of Islam and Arab States in Chinese Sources

1 Problems in the Historiography of Early Islam

2 Sino-Arab Contacts

3 The Ethnonym "Tāzīk" in Chinese

4 The Account of the Prophet and Islamic Culture in Chinese Sources.

5 The Umayyads and Abbasids in Chinese Sources

6 The Significance of Chinese Sources

Bibliography

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Kotyk, Jeffrey Sino-Iranian and Sino-Arabian Relations in Late Antiquity

ISBN:

9789004700833

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004700833 DOI