- 352 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Understanding culture as a whole way of life, this book touches on various aspects of Sino-foreign interactions, tracing cultural exchanges depicted in Chinese and foreign sources, with particular attention to events or anecdotes in the Tang and Qing periods.
In addition to a discussion of the Sogdians and Turks in medieval China, an investigation of the localization process of pugs and lions through different Chinese dynasties, an analysis of the incorporation of Manichaeism into Chinese culture, and the depiction of the "Kunlun slaves" in Chinese Buddhist texts, this book also examines the "caravan tea" trade between Russia and China, the Russian-American company's attempt to do business in Canton, the translation of the Three Character Classic in Russia, the "Russian case" in the Tianjin missionary incident, as well as the Dutch factory in Canton and the Dutch mission in Beijing. This book concludes with a discussion of Chinese workers in Southeast Asia in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. From Central Asia to the South China Sea to the northern border with Russia, this book reveals its great diversity, yet with an intense focus on China's interactions with the outside world.
This book will be essential reading for students and scholars of Chinese studies, medieval Central Asian studies, and those interested in world history.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Tributes from the Nine Surnames of the Sogdians in the Tang Period
- 2 Rituals and Customs of the Nine Surnames of the Sogdians in the Tang Period
- 3 “Seven” as a Venerated Number among the Nine Surnames of the Sogdians in the Tang Period
- 4 The Mu Sogdians in the Tang Period
- 5 Worship of Fire and Sky among the Ancient Turks
- 6 Legal Practice in the Turkic Khaganate
- 7 Local Products of the Turks
- 8 Tracing the History of Pugs
- 9 Lions in China
- 10 Variation of Manichaeism in the Coastal Areas during the Tang and Song Periods
- 11 The Kunlun Slaves in Buddhist Books of the Tang and Song Periods
- 12 “Caravan Tea”
- 13 Russian-American Company and the Canton Port
- 14 “Qin Huan” from the Russian Hotel
- 15 The Three Character Classic in Russia
- 16 The “Russian Case” in the Tianjin Missionary Incident
- 17 The Dutch Factory in Canton during the Qing Period
- 18 Wang Wengao’s Historical Poems about the Dutch Tribute
- 19 Chinese Workers in Southeast Asia Before 1912
- Index