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The Golden Peaches of Samarkand: A Study of T'ang Exotics Paperback - 1985
by Edward H. Schafer
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- Title The Golden Peaches of Samarkand: A Study of T'ang Exotics
- Author Edward H. Schafer
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 432
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley
- Date 1985-09-06
- Features Bibliography, Glossary, Index, Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0520054628
- ISBN 9780520054622 / 0520054628
- Weight 1.65 lbs (0.75 kg)
- Dimensions 9.73 x 7.01 x 1.05 in (24.71 x 17.81 x 2.67 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Asian - Chinese
- Library of Congress subjects China - History - Tang dynasty, 618-907, China - Commerce - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 63008922
- Dewey Decimal Code 382.09
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In the seventh century the kingdom of Samarkand sent formal gifts of fancy yellow peaches, large as goose eggs and with a color like gold, to the Chinese court at Ch'ang-an. What kind of fruit these golden peaches really were cannot now be guessed, but they have the glamour of mystery, and they symbolize all the exotic things longed for, and unknown things hoped for, by the people of the T'ang Empire. This book examines the exotics imported into China during the T'ang Dynasty, and depicts their influence on Chinese life. This book is not a statistical record of commercial imports and medieval trade, but rather a 'humanistic essay, however material its subject matter.'