Format:
Online-Ressource (xi, 279 p)
Edition:
1st ed
ISBN:
128389808X
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9781283898089
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9780812206289
Series Statement:
Encounters with Asia
Content:
Multicultural China in the Early Middle Ages exposes a number of long-hidden "foreign" elements in Chinese culture that represent the legacy of the Tuoba, a former nomadic group originally from central Asia.
Content:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Table of Contents -- Foreword: Old Wine in New Bottles -- Introduction -- 1. The Legacy of the Tuoba Xianbei: The Tang Dynasty -- 2. From Mulan to Unicorn -- 3. Brotherly Matters and the Canine Image: The Invasion of "Barbarian" Tongues -- 4. The Huns and the Bulgars: The Chinese Chapter -- 5. The Mystery of the "White-Drake" Oracle: The Iranian Shadows -- 6. Son of Heaven and Son of God -- 7. Bai Juyi and Central Asia -- Appendix. Turkic or Proto-Mongolian? A Note on the Tuoba Language -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-265) and index
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""Cover ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Dedication Page ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Foreword: Old Wine in New Bottles ""; ""Introduction ""; ""1. The Legacy of the Tuoba Xianbei: The Tang Dynasty ""; ""2. From Mulan to Unicorn ""
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""3. Brotherly Matters and the Canine Image: The Invasion of ""Barbarian"" Tongues """"4. The Huns and the Bulgars: The Chinese Chapter ""; ""5. The Mystery of the ""White-Drake"" Oracle: The Iranian Shadows ""; ""6. Son of Heaven and Son of God ""; ""7. Bai Juyi and Central Asia ""
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""Appendix. Turkic or Proto-Mongolian? A Note on the Tuoba Language """"Notes ""; ""Bibliography ""; ""Index ""; ""Acknowledgments ""
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0812219805
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780812243703
Additional Edition:
Print version Multicultural China in the Early Middle Ages
Language:
English
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