The Liao Dynasty: A History of China. A History of China, #25
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- ISBN978-91-89998-74-2
- EAN9789189998742
- Date de parution09/08/2025
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- ÉditeurHui Wang
Résumé
The Liao Dynasty: A History of China, PART ONE, takes you on a sweeping journey across the vast northern grasslands where the Khitan rose from scattered clans to forge an empire that stood shoulder to shoulder with the great Song dynasty. This book traces how courage, cunning, and unbridled ambition turned nomadic bands into one of China's most remarkable and enduring states - a chapter of history too often left in the shadows.
The tale opens with the origins of the Khitan, a people whose character was carved by wind, sky, and steppe. From those harsh beginnings emerged Yelü Abaoji - the unifier of the tribes and the founder recognized as Liao's first ruler - whose leadership set the Khitan on the path from tribal confederation to imperial state. Under his impetus the Khitan began to develop a written tradition (later manifested in the two Khitan scripts) and to build a structure of government that reached far beyond the grasslands.
At his side was Han Yanhui, a brilliant adviser whose diplomatic and administrative talents helped weave Khitan strength together with Chinese institutional wisdom, proving that empire could be built not only by warriors, but by thinkers. Then came Empress Shulü Ping - fierce, unbending, a force of will who pushed her son, Yelü Deguang (Emperor Taizong), into power. Under Taizong the Liao swept their influence deep into the Central Plains, intervening in dynastic struggles, toppling regimes, and redrawing the political landscape of East Asia.
His alliances and rivalries - most famously his pact with Shi Jingtang, who leaned on Liao support to found the Later Jin and paid for it with territory and obligations - altered the fate of the whole region. These were not mere names carved in stone; they were living, breathing people who staked everything on survival and glory. History's wheel, of course, kept turning. After Taizong's death the throne passed through a turbulent sequence: a short, stabilizing reign under Emperor Shizong (Yelü Ruan) was followed by the indulgent rule of Emperor Muzong (Yelü Jing), who has been remembered in some sources as a "Sleeping King" whose neglect sent the realm into disorder.
In the wake of that chaos cautious leaders and conciliatory statesmen tried to stitch the empire's wounds back together. Then, in a quieter kind of resilience, rose Emperor Jingzong (Yelü Xian) - and with him the towering presence of his brilliant empress, Xiao Yanyan. Together their story signals the dawning of a new chapter for the Liao. I wrote this book to pull those voices back into the light - to let readers feel the thunder of hooves, the hush and smoke of candlelit tents, and the restless dreams that forged an empire straddling forested Manchuria and the open steppe.
The Liao were not merely conquerors; they were architects of a hybrid civilization where Khitan ways met Han institutions and steppe customs, a place of braids and bureaucracy, mounted raids and courtly rites. Their mark survives not as a living tongue but in the stubborn traces of Khitan scripts and inscriptions, in artworks and tombs, and in the way they stretched the very idea of what "China" could mean.
Step into their world - see how the Khitan rose, ruled, and left behind a story too powerful to fade.
The tale opens with the origins of the Khitan, a people whose character was carved by wind, sky, and steppe. From those harsh beginnings emerged Yelü Abaoji - the unifier of the tribes and the founder recognized as Liao's first ruler - whose leadership set the Khitan on the path from tribal confederation to imperial state. Under his impetus the Khitan began to develop a written tradition (later manifested in the two Khitan scripts) and to build a structure of government that reached far beyond the grasslands.
At his side was Han Yanhui, a brilliant adviser whose diplomatic and administrative talents helped weave Khitan strength together with Chinese institutional wisdom, proving that empire could be built not only by warriors, but by thinkers. Then came Empress Shulü Ping - fierce, unbending, a force of will who pushed her son, Yelü Deguang (Emperor Taizong), into power. Under Taizong the Liao swept their influence deep into the Central Plains, intervening in dynastic struggles, toppling regimes, and redrawing the political landscape of East Asia.
His alliances and rivalries - most famously his pact with Shi Jingtang, who leaned on Liao support to found the Later Jin and paid for it with territory and obligations - altered the fate of the whole region. These were not mere names carved in stone; they were living, breathing people who staked everything on survival and glory. History's wheel, of course, kept turning. After Taizong's death the throne passed through a turbulent sequence: a short, stabilizing reign under Emperor Shizong (Yelü Ruan) was followed by the indulgent rule of Emperor Muzong (Yelü Jing), who has been remembered in some sources as a "Sleeping King" whose neglect sent the realm into disorder.
In the wake of that chaos cautious leaders and conciliatory statesmen tried to stitch the empire's wounds back together. Then, in a quieter kind of resilience, rose Emperor Jingzong (Yelü Xian) - and with him the towering presence of his brilliant empress, Xiao Yanyan. Together their story signals the dawning of a new chapter for the Liao. I wrote this book to pull those voices back into the light - to let readers feel the thunder of hooves, the hush and smoke of candlelit tents, and the restless dreams that forged an empire straddling forested Manchuria and the open steppe.
The Liao were not merely conquerors; they were architects of a hybrid civilization where Khitan ways met Han institutions and steppe customs, a place of braids and bureaucracy, mounted raids and courtly rites. Their mark survives not as a living tongue but in the stubborn traces of Khitan scripts and inscriptions, in artworks and tombs, and in the way they stretched the very idea of what "China" could mean.
Step into their world - see how the Khitan rose, ruled, and left behind a story too powerful to fade.
The Liao Dynasty: A History of China, PART ONE, takes you on a sweeping journey across the vast northern grasslands where the Khitan rose from scattered clans to forge an empire that stood shoulder to shoulder with the great Song dynasty. This book traces how courage, cunning, and unbridled ambition turned nomadic bands into one of China's most remarkable and enduring states - a chapter of history too often left in the shadows.
The tale opens with the origins of the Khitan, a people whose character was carved by wind, sky, and steppe. From those harsh beginnings emerged Yelü Abaoji - the unifier of the tribes and the founder recognized as Liao's first ruler - whose leadership set the Khitan on the path from tribal confederation to imperial state. Under his impetus the Khitan began to develop a written tradition (later manifested in the two Khitan scripts) and to build a structure of government that reached far beyond the grasslands.
At his side was Han Yanhui, a brilliant adviser whose diplomatic and administrative talents helped weave Khitan strength together with Chinese institutional wisdom, proving that empire could be built not only by warriors, but by thinkers. Then came Empress Shulü Ping - fierce, unbending, a force of will who pushed her son, Yelü Deguang (Emperor Taizong), into power. Under Taizong the Liao swept their influence deep into the Central Plains, intervening in dynastic struggles, toppling regimes, and redrawing the political landscape of East Asia.
His alliances and rivalries - most famously his pact with Shi Jingtang, who leaned on Liao support to found the Later Jin and paid for it with territory and obligations - altered the fate of the whole region. These were not mere names carved in stone; they were living, breathing people who staked everything on survival and glory. History's wheel, of course, kept turning. After Taizong's death the throne passed through a turbulent sequence: a short, stabilizing reign under Emperor Shizong (Yelü Ruan) was followed by the indulgent rule of Emperor Muzong (Yelü Jing), who has been remembered in some sources as a "Sleeping King" whose neglect sent the realm into disorder.
In the wake of that chaos cautious leaders and conciliatory statesmen tried to stitch the empire's wounds back together. Then, in a quieter kind of resilience, rose Emperor Jingzong (Yelü Xian) - and with him the towering presence of his brilliant empress, Xiao Yanyan. Together their story signals the dawning of a new chapter for the Liao. I wrote this book to pull those voices back into the light - to let readers feel the thunder of hooves, the hush and smoke of candlelit tents, and the restless dreams that forged an empire straddling forested Manchuria and the open steppe.
The Liao were not merely conquerors; they were architects of a hybrid civilization where Khitan ways met Han institutions and steppe customs, a place of braids and bureaucracy, mounted raids and courtly rites. Their mark survives not as a living tongue but in the stubborn traces of Khitan scripts and inscriptions, in artworks and tombs, and in the way they stretched the very idea of what "China" could mean.
Step into their world - see how the Khitan rose, ruled, and left behind a story too powerful to fade.
The tale opens with the origins of the Khitan, a people whose character was carved by wind, sky, and steppe. From those harsh beginnings emerged Yelü Abaoji - the unifier of the tribes and the founder recognized as Liao's first ruler - whose leadership set the Khitan on the path from tribal confederation to imperial state. Under his impetus the Khitan began to develop a written tradition (later manifested in the two Khitan scripts) and to build a structure of government that reached far beyond the grasslands.
At his side was Han Yanhui, a brilliant adviser whose diplomatic and administrative talents helped weave Khitan strength together with Chinese institutional wisdom, proving that empire could be built not only by warriors, but by thinkers. Then came Empress Shulü Ping - fierce, unbending, a force of will who pushed her son, Yelü Deguang (Emperor Taizong), into power. Under Taizong the Liao swept their influence deep into the Central Plains, intervening in dynastic struggles, toppling regimes, and redrawing the political landscape of East Asia.
His alliances and rivalries - most famously his pact with Shi Jingtang, who leaned on Liao support to found the Later Jin and paid for it with territory and obligations - altered the fate of the whole region. These were not mere names carved in stone; they were living, breathing people who staked everything on survival and glory. History's wheel, of course, kept turning. After Taizong's death the throne passed through a turbulent sequence: a short, stabilizing reign under Emperor Shizong (Yelü Ruan) was followed by the indulgent rule of Emperor Muzong (Yelü Jing), who has been remembered in some sources as a "Sleeping King" whose neglect sent the realm into disorder.
In the wake of that chaos cautious leaders and conciliatory statesmen tried to stitch the empire's wounds back together. Then, in a quieter kind of resilience, rose Emperor Jingzong (Yelü Xian) - and with him the towering presence of his brilliant empress, Xiao Yanyan. Together their story signals the dawning of a new chapter for the Liao. I wrote this book to pull those voices back into the light - to let readers feel the thunder of hooves, the hush and smoke of candlelit tents, and the restless dreams that forged an empire straddling forested Manchuria and the open steppe.
The Liao were not merely conquerors; they were architects of a hybrid civilization where Khitan ways met Han institutions and steppe customs, a place of braids and bureaucracy, mounted raids and courtly rites. Their mark survives not as a living tongue but in the stubborn traces of Khitan scripts and inscriptions, in artworks and tombs, and in the way they stretched the very idea of what "China" could mean.
Step into their world - see how the Khitan rose, ruled, and left behind a story too powerful to fade.
