The Silk Road with many faces : Sogdian immigrants in early medieval China / Jin Xu.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Xu, Jin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sogdians--China--History--220-589.

Sogdians.

China--History--220-589.

China.

Art, Sogdian.

Silk Road--History.

Silk Road.

Sogdians--China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations

Other Title:

Sogdian immigrants in early medieval China

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2026]

Summary:

This text focuses on a distinguished immigrant community in early medieval China (220-589 CE): the Central Asian people known as the Sogdians. Originating in present-day Uzbekistan and Tajikistan, Sogdian merchants dominated the luxury trade along the inland Silk Road from the third to the ninth century, and Sogdian migrants established settlements in all major cities between Central Asia and northern China. Drawing on close analysis of a remarkable group of stone sarcophagi, most of which were excavated over the past three decades, this book reconstructs the multifaceted life experiences of elite Sogdian immigrants active in sixth-century China.

Contents:

Central Asian jade

Sasanian gold and silver

Sogdian silk

Filial sons and drunken sages

Prince Siddhartha and Princess Yasodhara

Lion-combating kings

Ancestral shrines

Stupas

Gardens

Bridges to many destinations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (Oxford Academic, viewed on October 16, 2026).

Other Format:

Print version : Xu, Jin. Silk Road with many faces.

ISBN:

9780197833452

0197833454

OCLC:

1614502341

Publisher Number:

CIPO000441987

Access Restriction:

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