Intro
Contents
Notes on Contributors
Introduction Asian Experiences Seen from Asian Perspectives
Part 1 The Tribute System within the Domestic Context: Essence, Paradigm and Variables
Chapter 1 The Suzerain-Vassal System as East Asian Security System and Structure: Its Origin, Essence, Evolution and Features
Chapter 2 Bridle and Tame: The Evolution of the Tributary System of Ancient China's Borderland Minorities - Centered on the Borderland Minorities of Northeast China
Part 2 The Tribute System within the Global Context: Conflict, Transition and Transplantation
Chapter 3 The Fundamental Features of the Tribute System during the Song Dynasty
Chapter 4 The Chinese Rites Controversy: The Whole Story of the Kangxi's Envoy Joseph-Antoine Provana's Mission to Rome
Chapter 5 New Light on the Asian Tribute Trade and the Tokugawa Invention of a Japan-Centered International Order
Part 3 From the Tribute System to Modern Diplomacy: Challenge, Transformation and Adaptation
Chapter 6 From the Bridle Doctrine to Treaty Diplomacy
Chapter 7 The "Two Paralleled Systems" of the Joseon Dynasty in the Nineteenth Century: The Cultural and Diplomatic Background
Chapter 8 The "New Opium War" of Republican China under the League of Nations: Distrust and Contention between the Chinese Government and the League
Glossary
Index.