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    Posted: 17-May-2007 at 15:45
when chinese captured Huns during the war, what would they do, would chinese enslaves those huns pows>l
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Not really. China had enough slaves of their own. Besides, Hun slaves wouldn't be good. Chinese saw Huns as barbaric and inhumane race. Imagine having one of those as your slave? What if he revolted? What if he sliced your throat while you were sleeping? Maintaining them would be expensive, if they got Hun warrior.

I suppse they might be used as mercernery army... but slave? I don't think so. History confirms that Hun slave trade did not flourish.
     
   
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I fyou could not trust them as slaves, how did you trust them as army, even mercernery army, what if they revolted at the ground, there was a hun prince, who was captured, and he was enslaved and raised horses, later emperor trusted him and promoted him as an senior officier.
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Well, the mercernery army can be trusted because they don't get paid if they do something wrong. Slaves have nothing to lose though.
     
   
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a nomad as a slave now thats something else
I rather be a nomadic barbarian than a sedentary savage
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by the way, when did the Chinese ever capture the Huns? If so, when?
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Remember the story of the Flying General and the 3 captured prisoners? That's one instance.
 
Chinese saw Huns as barbaric and inhumane race. Imagine having one of those as your slave?
 
I do remember instances where Chinese would use captured Huns for taking care of horses(an obvious choice for a Hun prisoner). It's a type of slavery since they don't get paid, but on rare instances the Huns may earn some respect and stop being a slave.
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Originally posted by Omnipotence

Remember the story of the Flying General and the 3 captured prisoners? That's one instance.
 
Chinese saw Huns as barbaric and inhumane race. Imagine having one of those as your slave?
 
I do remember instances where Chinese would use captured Huns for taking care of horses(an obvious choice for a Hun prisoner). It's a type of slavery since they don't get paid, but on rare instances the Huns may earn some respect and stop being a slave.
 
Good point. Caring horses would be excellent job for Huns.
     
   
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Originally posted by Aguda

by the way, when did the Chinese ever capture the Huns? If so, when?
 
Many times. Even before Ghengis Khan's time, the Chinese warlords often raided and pillaged the divided and weak Mongolians. In fact, this was one of the pretext for Great Khan to invade China.
     
   
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After the Huns were defeated by Han China, the western Huns were separated from the eastern Huns and migrated to Europe, Eastern Huns one the other hand remained in the land of their ancestors and kept close relation ship with Han China.

many other Babaric tribes who were once part of the the Great Huns empire arouse and replaced the Huns but the Huns managed to survive for another 300 years because of the protection from Han China, until CaoCao, the founder of Wei killed the last Huns Lord in around 220ad.
 
 Many Huns escaped to China after the division, along with the huns captured by Chinese, they were employeed by Han army. Many of them to survive until Jin dinasty, and followed Liu Cun (he was a descendent of a Huns Noble, the founder of Han during "five dynasties and ten countries" period )


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