Sushen in ancient Chinese writings
This work is a continuation of our article about Yilou, and is devoted to the Sushen - a south-eastern Manchurian tribe that lived in antiquity and middle-ages, and whose origins and history are not well known and remain a topic for discussion among historians and archeologists, both here and abroad. The author attempted, based on his own translation of the ancient Chinese texts from the dynastic histories such as “Book of Jin”, “Book of the Later Han”, “Records of the Three Kingdoms”, and other written relics to describe and analyze Sushen’s material culture, various aspects of their everyday life, as well as their contacts with the outside world. The author’s translation contains detailed comments based on foreign and domestic advances in historical and related disciplines, and brings to light several important factors related to the Sushen tribe’s geography, such as: weaponry, domestic culture, customs, wedding and burial practices, salt production, home construction, Sushen’ envoys to the courts of Chinese emperors.