"Nonintervention" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... was entirely in the interest of the gentry and of the trading community which was now closely connected with them. Undoubtedly it strengthened China. The policy of nonintervention in the north was endurable even when peace with the Kitan had to be bought by the payment of an annual tribute. From 1004 onwards, 100,000 ounces of silver and 200,000 bales of silk were paid annually to the Kitan, amounting in value to about ...
— A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.] • Wolfram Eberhard |
