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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 foreign traders as emissaries bearing tributes. The court established offices and guesthouses to accept them in order to increase the glory of empire. Most knowledge about the outside world was obtained from these traders. As F. Hirth conjectured in his China and the Roman Orient, the official and interpreter may ask the guests some questions as a rule, which included name of his land, distance to China, number of city and vassal state, population and products.[1]The answers were recorded in an archive. The authors of 24 shi compiled these materials and added sources from other channels. The added part was usually marked as “ in addition” at its beginning in order to distinguish it from a governmental report. In general, the writings of Xiyu zhuan in 24 shi have some unity and fixed style.
We can find some other sources on Khwarazm besides Xiyu zhuan, most of which were written in the Tang (618-907) and Yuan (1271-1368) periods. During the reign of the Tang Emperor Gaozong (650-683), the Tang force put down a rebellion of the West Turk Qaghanate 上一页 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] ... 下一页 >> |
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