中英双语话史记 第106期:辽国外交

Liao Dynasty

辽朝

Foreign Contact

对外联系

From the time of the empire's creation all the way to its decline, the Liao Dynasty was recognized by Korea.

从帝国建立起到其灭亡时，辽朝都得到了韩国的认可。

The Khitan were also in contact with Japan and the Abassid empire,

契丹与日本和阿巴斯帝国也有所联系，

and the court of Baghdad once asked for a Khitan princess for marriage.

巴格达还曾向契丹公主求亲。

These relations established the Khitans all across the steppes, before the Mongol expansion.

这些联系在蒙古扩张前使契丹建立了对整个草原的统治。

Commercial activity allowed the Khitans to make their name known beyond the Pamirs and in Europe.

经济活动让契丹闻名于帕米尔和欧洲。