Sino-Foreign Cultural Exchange by Cai Hongsheng - 9781032616384

Sino-Foreign Cultural ExchangeA Historical Perspective\nAuthor(s): Cai Hongsheng\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032616384, 978-1032616384\nSynopsis\nUnderstanding culture as a whole way of life, this book touches on various aspects of Sino-foreign interactions, tracing cultural exchanges depicted in Chinese and foreign sources, with particular attention to events or anecdotes in the Tang and Qing periods.\n\nIn addition to a discussion of the Sogdians and Turks in medieval China, an investigation of the localization process of pugs and lions through different Chinese dynasties, an analysis of the incorporation of Manichaeism into Chinese culture, and the depiction of the \""Kunlun slaves\"" in Chinese Buddhist texts, this book also examines the \""caravan tea\"" trade between Russia and China, the Russian-American company's attempt to do business in Canton, the translation of the Three Character Classic in Russia,.