From Yuan to modern China and Mongolia : : the writings of Morris Rossabi / / edited and introduced by Morris Rosabi.

• Superior document: The Writings of ; 6
• Author: Rossabi, Morris.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Brill,, 2014.
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: The Writings of 6.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (710 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This wide-ranging work, consisting of selected essays of Morris Rossabi, reflects the diverse interests of a leading scholar of China and Inner Asia. It encompasses the eras from the thirteenth century to the present, territories stretching from China to Mongolia to Central Asia and to the Middle East, and religions from Islam to Nestorian Christianity to Judaism and Confucianism in East, Central, and West Asia. Rossabi first challenged the conventional wisdom concerning traditional Chinese foreign relations by showing the pragmatism of Chinese officials who were not bound by Confucian strictures and stereotypes about foreigners and were actually knowledgeable about neighboring regions. His studies of the territories surrounding China led to the discovery of a major omission in historical writing—the lack of a biography of Khubilai Khan, one of the most renowned rulers in Eurasian history. His biography of Khubilai resulted in further studies of the Mongolian legacy on global history and of the significant role of women in the Mongolian empire. His repeated travels in Mongolia, in turn, stimulated an interest in modern Mongolia, especially the turbulence following the turbulence after the collapse of socialism in 1990, a subject he writes about in this book. The need for greater public knowledge and awareness of China, Mongolia, Central Asia, the Silk Roads, and Islam in Asia prompted Rossabi to write general, occasionally pedagogical, articles about these topics for a wider audience.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Notes on a Career -- 1. Ming Foreign Policy: The Case of Hami -- 2. Ming China and Turfan, 1406–1517 -- 3. The Tea and Horse Trade with Inner Asia during the Ming -- 4. Ming Officials and Northwest China -- 5. Two Ming Envoys to Inner Asia -- 6. The Ming and Inner Asia -- 7. The “Decline” of the Central Asian Caravan Trade -- 8. Islam in China -- 9. The Muslims in the Early Yüan Dynasty -- 10. The Jews in China -- 11. Chinese Myths about the National Minorities: Khubilai Khan, a Case Study -- 12. Khubilai Khan and the Women in His Family -- 13. Kuan Tao-sheng: Woman Artist in Yuan China -- 14. An Embassy to the West -- 15. Paris, Bordeaux, Rome, and Return -- 16. The Legacy of the Mongols -- 17. The Development of Mongol Identity in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries -- 18. A New Mongolia in a New World -- 19. Mongolia: A Peaceful Transition -- 20. Mongolia: Transmogrification of a Communist Party -- 21. Namkhainyambuu and the Changes in the Herding Economy of Mongolia -- 22. Sambuu and His Autobiography -- 23. Biographical Introduction -- 24. Introduction: The Silk Roads -- 25. Geography Along the Silk Roads -- 26. Ethnic Relations and Political History Along the Silk Roads -- 27. Islam in China -- 28. Bibliography of Morris Rossabi’s Writings -- Index.