Zheng He : China and the oceans in the early Ming dynasty, 1405-1433 / Edward L. Dreyer.
Series: Library of world biographyPublication details: New York : Pearson Longman, c2007.Description: xiv, 238 p. : ill., map ; 20 cmISBN:- 0321084438 (alk. paper)
- 9780321084439
- China and the oceans in the early Ming dynasty, 1405-1433
- Zheng, He, 1371-1435 -- Travel
- China -- History -- Ming dynasty, 1368-1644
- Southeast Asia -- Relations -- China
- China -- Relations -- Southeast Asia
- Zheng, He, 1371-1435 -- Voyages
- Chine -- Histoire -- 1368-1644 (Dynastie des Ming)
- Asie du Sud-Est -- Relations -- Chine
- Chine -- Relations -- Asie du Sud-Est
- Ontdekkingsreizen
- China
- Indische Oceaan
- 951/.026092 B 22
- DS753.6.Z47 D74 2007
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-222) and index.
Editor's preface -- Author's preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. The enigma of Zheng He -- The Chinese Tributary System and the purpose of Zheng He's voyages -- Traditional Chinese interpretations of Zheng He's career -- Zheng He's voyages and Western Imperial expansion -- 2. Zheng He's early life and his patron, Emperor Yongle -- The fall of the Yuan and the rise of the Ming to 1368 -- The reign of Emperor Hongwu, 1368/1398 -- Civil War, 1398/1402 -- Yongle's reign as Emperor, 1402/1424 -- 3. China and the Asian maritime world in the time of Zheng He -- The purpose of Zheng He's voyages -- Patterns of trade in the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea -- The Malay-Indonesian World in the Hongwu era -- Southern India and Ceylon in the time of Zheng -- 4. Sailing to India : Zheng He's first, second, and third voyages -- The first voyage, 1405/1407 -- The second voyage, 1407/1409 -- The third voyage, 1409/1411 -- 5. Sailing to Africa : Zheng He's fourth, fifth, and sixth voyages -- The fourth voyage, 1412/14-1415 -- The fifth voyage, 1417/1419 -- The sixth voyage, 1421/1422 -- The last years of the Yongle Reign, 1422/1424.
6. The ships and men of Zheng He's fleets -- Dimensions and displacements of the treasure ships -- Masts and sails -- Shipbuilding notices in the Taizong Shilu -- Shipbuilding costs -- Numbers of ships in each of the voyages -- Personnel -- 7. Zheng He's career after 1424 and his final voyage -- Ming China in the Hongxi (1424/1425) and Xuande (1425/1435) reigns -- Zheng He's career from 1424 to 1430 -- Zheng He's inscriptions at Liujiagang and Changle -- Zheng He's seventh and final voyage, 1431/1433 -- 8. The legacy of Zheng He -- China turns away from the sea after the death of Zheng He -- Dealing with the memory of Zheng He's voyages -- The rediscovery of Zheng He -- Appendix : Translations of primary sources -- 1. Zheng He's biography in Mingshi 304.2b/4b -- 2. Zheng He's Liujiagang Inscription of 1431 -- 3. Zheng He's Changle Inscription of 1431 -- Chronology -- Glossary -- A note on the sources -- Index.
"This new biography of the Chinese explorer Zheng He sheds new light on one of the most important "what if" questions of early modern history: why a technically advanced China did not follow the same path of development as the major European powers." "Written by China scholar Edward L. Dreyer, Zheng He outlines what is known of the eunuch Zheng He's life and describes and analyzes his early fifteenth-century voyages on the basis of Chinese evidence. Locating the voyages firmly within the context of early Ming history, it addresses the political motives of Zheng He's voyages and how they affected China's attitude toward the outside world in subsequent centuries."--Jacket.
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