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Some Chinese Sources on the Khazars and Khwarazm |
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时间：2009-7-24 13:48:37 来源：不详
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the text is from another work, I will add a brief introduction about the author, data, and historical background.
The first text is taken from Sima Qian’s Shi ji. [2]In 126 BC, about twenty years to the day that Sima Qian started to write the Shi ji, Zhang Qian (?-114 BC), who is famous as the first emissary to the western regions in Chinese history, returned to China. The Han Emperor Wudi (re. 140-87 BC) sent him to make alliances with the peoples in western Central Asia, hoping to attack the Xiongnu from the rear. He did not complete his mission, however, he brought back to the court some valid knowledge of the western region for the first time. Since then the way to the western region was opened and the court sent emissaries constantly. The following text records a visit of a Han emissary in this region after the death of Zhang Qian:
At the beginning, the emissary of the Han Dynasty reached Ansi (Arsaces = Parthian Iran). The king of Arsaces sent twenty thousand cavalrymen to welcome the << 上一页 [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] ... 下一页 >> |
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