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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Foreword: Old Wine in New Bottles ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Chapter 1. The Legacy of the Tuoba Xianbei: The Tang Dynasty 4
  6. Chapter 2. From Mulan to Unicorn 39
  7. Chapter 3. Brotherly Matters and the Canine Image: The Invasion of “Barbarian” Tongues 60
  8. Chapter 4. The Huns and the Bulgars: The Chinese Chapter 83
  9. Chapter 5. The Mystery of the “White-Drake” Oracle: The Iranian Shadows 99
  10. Chapter 6. Son of Heaven and Son of God 119
  11. Chapter 7. Bai Juyi and Central Asia 157
  12. Appendix. Turkic or Proto-Mongolian? A Note on the Tuoba Language 183
  13. Notes 193
  14. Bibliography 237
  15. Index 267
  16. Acknowledgments 277
Multicultural China in the Early Middle Ages
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Foreword: Old Wine in New Bottles ix
  4. Introduction 1
  5. Chapter 1. The Legacy of the Tuoba Xianbei: The Tang Dynasty 4
  6. Chapter 2. From Mulan to Unicorn 39
  7. Chapter 3. Brotherly Matters and the Canine Image: The Invasion of “Barbarian” Tongues 60
  8. Chapter 4. The Huns and the Bulgars: The Chinese Chapter 83
  9. Chapter 5. The Mystery of the “White-Drake” Oracle: The Iranian Shadows 99
  10. Chapter 6. Son of Heaven and Son of God 119
  11. Chapter 7. Bai Juyi and Central Asia 157
  12. Appendix. Turkic or Proto-Mongolian? A Note on the Tuoba Language 183
  13. Notes 193
  14. Bibliography 237
  15. Index 267
  16. Acknowledgments 277
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