Unauthorized Exchanges
Restrictions on Foreign Trade and Intermarriage in the Tang and Northern Song Empires
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 16501633 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Shih-Ying Yang (0000-0002-3641-8754, Denison University USA Granville, OH, corresponding author), Shao-Yun Yang |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 108 |
| Issue | 5-6 |
| Pages | 588-645 |
| Publication date | 2022-11-10 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | T oung Pao (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0082-5433 • E-ISSN: 1568-5322 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15685322-10805002 |
| OpenAlex | W4309323588 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
This essay reexamines late Tang and Northern Song laws that appear to prohibit private trade, communication, and intermarriage with foreigners, and concludes that they were rooted in early Tang policies rather than an increase in anti-foreign or proto-nationalist sentiment. It also argues that in the Northern Song, restrictions on foreign trade and intermarriage gave way to more liberal or targeted approaches, the main exceptions being strategic restrictions on trade along the northern borders and maritime trade with Đại Việt and Koryŏ. When the Song state implemented or contemplated restrictions on intermarriage in certain frontier locations, this was typically for strategic reasons of counterintelligence, not xenophobia or ethnic segregation
China · Counterintelligence · Economics · Economy · Ethnic group · Frontier · Immigration · International trade · Nationalism · Political science · State (computer science · Xenophobia · Chinese history and philosophy · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |