Acknowledgments

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