HIS280Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Nanzhao, Khagan, Tibetan People
Document Summary
Tang governance from taizong on: facing west. Taizong uses the inner turmoil of the turks to his advantage and has marriage alliances. Got chieftans of the turkish groups to fight against each other. Uses tang troops to go and make peace and lend a hand. Never really adapted to the chinese ways. Some turkish blood in the li family after the period of intermingling. Demanded hand in marriage of a tang princess, initially refused but after heavy casualties, accepted and created around 20 years of peace. Nanzhao- incorporated both tang and tibetan style of rule. Some spreading of mohomad teaching: facing east. During tang period, both korea and japan began to use chinese as a. high language in court and a communication to the emperor. Chinese script gains currency in the eastern hemisphere. Writes in chinese and sends delegation to china. Followed the tang in many ways in terms of government settings.
