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2020-21 School of Chinese Online Seminar

Sino-Iranian Relations in the Medieval Period

中古時期中國與伊朗的關係

Dr. Jeffrey Kotyk

康傑夫博士

University of British Columbia

英屬哥倫比亞大學

Date日期: May 12, 2021 (Wednesday)

Time時間: 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 noon

Venue地點: via Zoom

Language演講語言: English英文

https://hku.zoom.us/j/98215705216?pwd=T2oxQkJKREJhbkdLVGpWd1h0MkE3dz09

Zoom Meeting ID: 982 1570 5216

Password: 752767

Abstract:

China and Sasanian Iran enjoyed a number of diplomatic exchanges in response to growing political expansions from the fifth to sixth centuries. The understanding of pre-Islamic Iran and its influences on Chinese civilization are not so widely studied or understood. This paper will examine the diplomatic contacts between Iran and China, as well as the contacts between the caliphates and China during the Tang dynasty. We will further examine Chinese accounts of the Iranian calendar, economy and culture. I argue that Iran exercised a significant historical and cultural influence on China, but also that Chinese sources can provide rich information about contemporary Iran.

中國和薩珊波斯王朝在五至六世紀之間為了應對日益增長的政治擴張，進行了多次外交交流。目前學界缺乏對接受伊斯蘭教之前的伊朗及其對中國文明影響的研究。本文將考察伊朗與中國的外交往來，以及唐時期哈里發與中國的来往。

還將進一步分析中文文獻中對伊朗曆法、經濟和文化的記載。本文認為伊朗對中國產生了重大的歷史和文化影響，且中文中保存著大量有關當時伊朗的豐富材料。

Bio:

Jeffrey is presently researching the relationship of China and Iran during the medieval period with a particular interest in diplomatic, economic and religious relations. This research compares and contrasts a variety of sources, from dynastic histories to the Buddhist canon.

康傑夫（Jeffrey Kotyk）目前主要致力於研究中古時期中國和伊朗的關係問題。主要關注於兩者的外交、經濟和宗教關係等領域。本文主要對正史和佛典中的大量文獻進行了比照和分析。

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