Sino-Foreign Cultural Exchange

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.

Autorentext

Cai Hongsheng was Professor of History at Sun Yat-sen University, China. He specialized in the history of Sino-foreign relations, particularly the research about ancient Turks and Buddhism in the Tang period, and the Canton trade in the Qing dynasty.

Inhalt

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 in 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