Late Tang China and the World, 750-907 CE (Elements in the Global Middle Ages)

Yang, Shao-yun

Cambridge University Press（2023/05発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 75 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781009397254
• DDC分類 951.017

Full Description

In recent decades, the Tang dynasty (618-907) has acquired a reputation as the most 'cosmopolitan' period in Chinese history. The standard narrative also claims that this cosmopolitan openness faded after the An Lushan Rebellion of 755-763, to be replaced by xenophobic hostility toward all things foreign. This Element reassesses the cosmopolitanism-to-xenophobia narrative and presents a more empirically-grounded and nuanced interpretation of the Tang empire's foreign relations after 755.

Contents

Introduction; 1. The Transformation of the Tang Frontier Military; 2. The Battle of Talas (751 CE); 3. The An Lushan Rebellion and Its Consequences; 4. An Anti-Foreign (Or Anti-Sogdian) Backlash?; 5. The Uighur Crisis and the Huichang Persecution of 842-846; 6. Tang China and the Making of the Sinographic Sphere; Conclusion: The Fall of the Tang in East Asian History.