1: Tributes from the Nine Surnames of the Sogdians in the Tang Period 2: Rituals and Customs of the Nine Surnames of the Sogdians in the Tang Period 3: “Seven” as a Venerated Number among the Nine Surnames of the Sogdians in the Tang Period 4: The Mu Sogdians in the Tang Period 5: Worship of Fire and Sky among the Ancient Turks 6: Legal Practice in the Turkic Khaganate 7: Local Products of the Turks 8: Tracing the History of Pugs 9: Lions in China 10: Variation of Manichaeism in the Coastal Areas in the Tang and Song Periods 11: The Kunlun Slaves in Buddhist Books of the Tang and Song Periods 12: “Caravan Tea” 13: Russian-American Company and the Canton Port 14: “Qin Huan” from the Russian Hotel 15: The Three Character Classic in Russia 16: The “Russian Case” in the Tianjin Missionary Incident 17: The Dutch Factory in Canton during the Qing Period 18: Wang Wengao’s Historical Poems about the Dutch Tribute 19: Chinese Workers in Southeast Asia before 1912
Biography
Cai Hongsheng was Professor of History at Sun Yat-sen University, China. He specialized in the history of Sino-foreign relations, particularly the research about ancient Turks and Buddhism in the Tang period, and the Canton trade in the Qing dynasty.
