The Xiongnu Agency and Its Political Economy Through the Relation with the Han Dynasty

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10.2991/assehr.k.211020.328How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Xiongnu, Han dynasty, political economy, he-qin, annual gifts, military

Abstract

The period Han Dynasty (202 BCE-220 AD) is the first unified period of China. As the Han histories reveals, one of the main challenges faced by the Han emperor is the relationship with nomands in the north and west of the Han dynasty (occupying approximately the area of current Xingjiang and Inner Mongolia province), known as the Xiongnu. They use several methods such as annual gifts and he-qin to take control of Xiongnu. In fact it was often Xiongnu that held the upper hand. They obtain resources that are both politically valuable and economically valuable to their society from events like annual gifts and he-qin. Moreover, Xiongnu’s military attack on the border is to take advantage of the border market to obtain goods they demand and force the Han Dynasty to sign a treaty that benefits them more.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Haoxiang Hong
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/10/21
TI  - The Xiongnu Agency and Its Political Economy Through the Relation with the Han Dynasty
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Public Relations and Social Sciences (ICPRSS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1198
EP  - 1201
SN  - 2352-5398
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DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211020.328
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