From war to diplomatic parity in eleventh-century China Sung's foreign relations with Kitan Liao - Wright, David Curtis (Brill, 2005)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-245) and index
Ch. 1. Sung-Liao diplomacy in the history of Chinese foreign relations -- Ch. 2. The Sung-Liao war of 1004-1005 and the covenant of Shan-yuan -- Ch. 3. Embassies -- Ch. 4. Routine diplomatic missives -- Ch. 5. Embassy reports. Ch. 6. Mid-century crisis
This is a study of war between Sung China and Kitan Liao, the treaty at Shan-yüan in 1005 that ended it, and the forms and textures of peaceful diplomatic contact between the two states that prevailed for the rest of the eleventh century