Vassals and Tribute in Ancient China
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The tributary system originated in the pre-Qin era, developed in the Han and Tang dynasties, and reached its perfection in the Ming Dynasty. It is based on the payment of tribute by the Siyi vassal states and the canonization and rewards of the Chinese court as the suzerain. It is an important means for the Chinese dynasties to "control" the Siyi people and "accommodate the distant people". This book contains a total of 28 papers on the study of the vassal and tribute system in ancient China. From multiple perspectives, it sorts out how the Chinese dynasties (pre-Qin to Ming and Qing) communicated with the "Siyi vassal states", and how they established and implemented the tribute system and developed foreign relations. Many experience summaries still have reference significance for the development of foreign relations and handling of international conflicts at the current stage. The manuscript is divided into three parts. The articles included in the first part mainly discuss the vassal and tribute system from a theoretical level. For example, Li Dalong's "Theoretical Origins and Characteristics of the Times of the Tribute System" concluded through combing that the tribute system that has been passed down through the ages in our country originated from the pre-Qin Chinese central consciousness, the concept of great unification, and the way of dealing with neighbors of "big things and small things". The articles collected in the second part mainly discuss the policies adopted by my country's dynasties in dealing with foreign relations. For example, Cheng Nina systematically sorted out the tribute activities of the Sushen, Yilou, Wuji, Mohe and other ethnic groups from the Han to the Tang Dynasty, thus revealing the actual state of the central dynasty's control of the northeastern frontier. The third part is book reviews and review articles, which mainly introduce monographs and papers on the study of ancient China's foreign relations, vassal system and its historical evolution, and present the research trends in related fields.
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