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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784032403321

Autore

Wright David

Titolo

From War to Diplomatic Parity in Eleventh-Century China : Sung's Foreign Relations with Kitan Liao / / David Wright

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2005

ISBN

1-280-86834-1

9786610868346

1-4294-5346-X

90-474-0782-2

1-4337-0632-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (304 p.)

Collana

History of Warfare ; ; 33

Disciplina

327.51/009/021

Soggetti

Diplomatic relations

History & Archaeology

China Foreign relations 960-1644

China History, Military 960-1644

China History Song dynasty, 960-1279

China History Liao dynasty, 947-1125

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.