Shi Tianze
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Shi Tianze (Chinese:
Name
[edit]Shi Tianze is also mentioned under the name Samka ba'tur (Persian: سمکه بهادر) in Persian historical sources such as the Jami' al-tawarikh.[1] This name is derived from the Chinese word "
Life
[edit]Shi Tianze was an ethnic Han who lived in the Jin dynasty. Interethnic marriage between Han and Jurchen became common at this time. His father was Shi Bingzhi (Shih Ping-chih,
Shi Tianze married two Jurchen women, a Han woman, and a Korean woman, and his son Shi Gang was born to one of his Jurchen wives.[4] His Jurchen wive's surnames were Mo-nien and Na-ho, his Korean wife's surname was Li, and his Han wife's surname was Shi.[3]
Shi Tianze defected to the Mongol Empire's forces upon their invasion of the Jin dynasty. Shi, Zhang Rou (Chang Jou) zh, and Yan Shi (Yen Shih) zh and other high ranking Han who served in the Jin dynasty and defected to the Mongols helped build the structure for the administration of the new state.[5]
Family of Shi Tianze
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Shi lun | nameless | nameless | nameless | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shi chenggui | nameless | nameless | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shi jindao | Shi bǐngzhí | Shi huaide | nameless | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shi tianze | Shi tianan | Shi tianni | Shi tianxiang | Shi tianrui | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shi ge | Shi shu | Shi ji | Shi quan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shi yao | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Thackston 2012, p. 310.
- ^ Ikeuchi 1984, pp. 19-20.
- ^ a b de Rachewiltz, Igor, ed. (1993). In the Service of the Khan: Eminent Personalities of the Early Mongol-Yüan Period (1200–1300). Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. p. 41. ISBN 978-3-447-03339-8.
- ^ J. Ganim; S. Legassie (20 March 2013). Cosmopolitanism and the Middle Ages. Palgrave Macmillan US. pp. 47–. ISBN 978-1-137-04509-6.
- ^ Chan, Hok-Lam. 1997. “A Recipe to Qubilai Qa'an on Governance: The Case of Chang Te-hui and Li Chih”. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society 7 (2). Cambridge University Press: 257–83. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25183352.
Sources
[edit]- Ikeuchi, Isao(
池内 功 ) (1984). "The Formation of Khubilai's Power and the Chinese Troops under His Rule." The journal of Oriental researches, Volume 43. - Thackston, W. M, Classical writings of the medieval Islamic world v.3, (London, 2012)