Talk:Foreign relations of Imperial China
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[edit] Added Sino-Roman Relations
Added this part: The first diplomatic contact between China and the West occurred with the expansion of the Roman Empire in the Middle-East during the 2nd century, the Romans gained the capability to develop shipping and trade in the Indian Ocean. The first group of people claiming to be an embassy of Romans to China is recorded in 166, sixty years after the expeditions to the west of the Chinese general Ban Chao. It came to Emperor Huan of Han China, "from Antun (Emperor Antoninus Pius), king of Daqin (Rome)". Although, as Antoninus Pius died in 161, leaving the empire to his adoptive son Marcus Aurelius (Antoninus), the convoy arrived in 166, and the both Emperor being "Antonius" the confusion arises about who sent the ambassy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Roman_relations
-intranetusa
[edit] Cooked barbarians
The terms "cooked barbarians" and "raw barbarians" are extremely crude translations for 熟番 and 生番. They can be better translated literally as "familiar barbarians", "mature barbarians" and "unfamiliar barbarians" respectively. I've seen the terms in a few places, but I don't think they are widely accepted terms. Is there any objections to changing them? Uly 13:25, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
