怛罗斯之战 (Dáluósīzhīzhàn): the Battle of Talas (751 CE), i…

Meanings

1 the Battle of Talas (751 CE), in which the Abbasid Caliphate defeated Tang armies near the Talas River and ended Tang westward expansion into Central Asia

Characters

怛

Dá

(transliteration character); usually 'sad / alarmed'

罗

luó

(transliteration); usually 'net / spread'

斯

sī

(transliteration); usually 'this'

之

zhī

(literary possessive) of

战

zhàn

battle / war

Examples

怛罗斯之战是唐朝和阿拉伯帝国之间的重大战役。

Dáluósī zhī zhàn shì Tángcháo hé Ālābó dìguó zhī jiān de zhòngdà zhànyì.

The Battle of Talas was a major engagement between the Tang Dynasty and the Abbasid Caliphate.

怛罗斯之战后，唐朝在中亚的影响力大大减弱。

Dáluósī zhī zhàn hòu, Tángcháo zài Zhōngyà de yǐngxiǎnglì dàdà jiǎnruò.

After the Battle of Talas, Tang influence in Central Asia weakened dramatically.

Tips

history

Fought in 751 CE in the valley of the Talas River (modern-day Kyrgyzstan/Kazakhstan border). Tang general Gao Xianzhi (高仙芝) was defeated by Abbasid forces. The standard Western telling adds that Chinese POWs introduced papermaking to the Islamic world — historians debate how clean that link really is.