"The first part, an overall view presented in 16 chapters, examines the origin and development of the Silk Road in the Ming Dynasty from a holistic and global point of view. I believe that the Silk Road developed in the early Ming Dynasty with equal emphasis on the land and the sea routes, and I start the part with my paper on Fu An's journey to the Western Regions that I published in 1990."
"They range across economic and political themes-from overland exchange along the Silk Road to the maritime ventures associated with Zheng He-offering a detailed picture of how Ming China engaged with foreign powers and markets. Published in translation, the book is also a welcome rarity for English-language readers: substantial work on this period by a historian based in China is still not as widely available as it should be."
Sixteen essays examine Ming dynasty diplomatic and commercial networks and trace how the Silk Road linked China with distant regions. The early Ming emphasis on both land and maritime routes shaped overland exchanges and maritime ventures such as those associated with Zheng He. Chapters detail China's foreign relations in the early Ming, characterizing a non-invasive foreign policy that sought the ideal of "shared peace," distinct from earlier dynastic approaches. The essays cover economic and political themes, outline engagement with foreign powers and markets, and reflect decades of specialized research on Silk Road networks.
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