LEADER 04557nam 22005532 450 001 9910907059103321 005 20251019235406.0 010 $a9789004700833$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9789004695436 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004700833 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31591958 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31591958 035 $a(CKB)33769645500041 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004700833 035 $a(EXLCZ)9933769645500041 100 $a20240614d2024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aSino-Iranian and Sino-Arabian Relations in Late Antiquity $eChina and the Parthians, Sasanians, and Arabs in the First Millennium /$fJeffrey Kotyk 205 $aFirst edition. 210 1$aLeiden ;$aBoston :$cBrill,$d2024. 210 4$dİ2024 215 $a1 online resource (351 pages) 225 1 $aAsian Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2024 225 1 $aCrossroads - History of Interactions across the Silk Routes ;$v8 311 08$aPrint version: Kotyk, Jeffrey Sino-Iranian and Sino-Arabian Relations in Late Antiquity Boston : BRILL,c2024 9789004695436 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aFront 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 Mah?y?na 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 "T?z?k" in Chinese -- 4 The Account of the Prophet and Islamic Culture in Chinese Sources. 327 $a5 The Umayyads and Abbasids in Chinese Sources -- 6 The Significance of Chinese Sources -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover. 330 $aWhat type of exchanges occurred between West and East Asia in the first millennium CE? What sort of connections existed between Persia and China? What did the Chinese know of early Islam? This study offers an overview of the cultural, diplomatic, commercial, and religious relationships that flourished between Iran and China, building on the pioneering work of Berthold Laufer's Sino-Iranica (1919) while utilizing a diverse array of Classical Chinese sources to tell the story of Sino-Iran in a fresh light to highlight the significance of transcultural networks across Asia in late antiquity. 410 0$aAsian Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2024. 410 0$aCrossroads - History of Interactions across the Silk Routes ;$v8. 517 3 $aChina and the Parthians, Sasanians, and Arabs in the First Millennium 606 $aCivilization, Arab 606 $aParthians 607 $aChina$xCivilization$xIranian influences 607 $aChina$xRelations$yTo 1644 615 0$aCivilization, Arab. 615 0$aParthians. 676 $a327.51055 700 $aKotyk$b Jeffrey$01775067 801 0$bNL-LeKB 801 1$bNL-LeKB 912 $a9910907059103321 996 $aSino-Iranian and Sino-Arabian Relations in Late Antiquity$94289047 997 $aUNINA