History of Sino-foreign Cultural Exchange

Author: Wang Jianan
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: In today's era of globalization, where the world's cultures are converging and merging, reflecting on the historical exchanges between China and other countries holds great significance. This book begins with the possible migration and cultural influence of our ancestors to surrounding island nations before the land bridge was submerged thousands of years ago, then traces the spread of stone tools to the Yin people's overseas voyages, and from Xuanzang's westward journey to fetch scriptures to's eastward arrival to spread Christianity. It narrates in a captivating manner the history of cultural exchanges between China and foreign cultures along the Silk Roads on land and sea, through forms such as immigration, folk trade, diplomatic missions, tributes, mutual dispatch of students, and religious propagation, as well as wars, across the material, spiritual, and institutional levels of culture. The book emphasizes empirical evidence rather than theoretical speculation. It is accompanied by over a hundred pictures, enhancing the historical authenticity. It is a comprehensive and highly readable work on the history of China's cultural exchanges with other countries, spanning ancient and modern times.