Ladybug’s Reviews > The Golden Peaches of Samarkand: A Study of T'ang Exotics > Status Update

China also played the roles cultural go-between, transmitting the arts of the countries of the West to those of the East, thru such agents as the Buddhist Taohsüan, who went to Japan in 735 w/ the returning ambassador, accompanied by an Indian Brahman, a Cham musician, a Persian physician. The influence of Indian religion/astronomy, of Persian textile/metalcraft, of Tocharian music/dancing, of Turkish costume/custom