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Continuation of the Song-Liao Annual Tribute System after Chanyuan

Type Event Region Asia Time 1021–1030

After the Chanyuan Treaty (1005), Northern Song annually delivered silver and silk tribute to Liao and maintained trade and envoy exchanges, a system…

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  1. 1021–1030Border passes between Xiongzhou and Chanzhou · HebeiNorthern Song delivered 100,000 taels of silver and 200,000 bolts of silk annually to Liao as stipulated by the Chanyuan Treaty, handed over at designated border passes. The system was unchanged during the Tiansheng era, making annual tribute a fixed expenditure for maintaining Song-Liao peace.
  2. 1021–1030Border markets and post roads · HebeiThe annual tribute system ran alongside border markets and diplomatic missions; Song and Liao maintained trade at Xiongzhou, Bazhou, and other places. During the Tiansheng era neither side launched large-scale wars, and economic exchange under the peace framework continued.

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