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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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bounded by the Turkish Khazars in the north. The territory of this country is thousands of li wide, ruled by Wu jiedu (five military commanders). It has 10,000 strong soldiers. The land is rich in grain. There is a big river flowing eastwards into Yajuluo (Aqula in Syrian, Kufa). Prosperous commerce can be found in this country.
How did the Tang people learn about the location of the Khazars? The accounts in the New Tang shu give us a clue which is the Jingxing ji (Notes on the Places Passed by) written by Du Huan. Du Huan was born into a renowned family in the Tang Dynasty. His uncle was Du You, a high official and famous historian at that time. Du Huan was captured at the Battle of the Talas between the Tang army and the Arabs (751) and sent to Kufa. He traveled around the Arab Empire, passing through Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia. He returned Guangzhou (in south China) in 762 by sea and then wrote the Jingxing ji. The book is not extant except for some paragraphs cited by Du You in the Tong dian, h << 上一页 [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] ... 下一页 >> |
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