Fire and Ice: Li Cunxu and the Founding of the Later Tang

by Richard L. Davis and 

The Later Tang was the first of several ephemeral states created by the Shatuo Turks in tenth-century China and Li Cunxu, a martial genius, was its founder. In fifteen years, he turned a small satrapy on China's periphery into a powerhouse capable of unifying the north and much of the southwest. He governed on the principle of racial inclusion and refused to set the ruling minority above the Chinese majority through special privileges. As someone...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9888208977
• ISBN13: 9789888208975
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"