Emperor's Southern Treasury: Sino-Western Trade under the Guangzhou System in the Early Qing Dynasty

Author: Zhang Xiaoning
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Publish Date: 1999-12-01
Features: "Nineteen-Ninety-Five" National Key Book. Broaden the oceanic vision, open the oceanic heart, explore oceanic information, discuss the successes and failures of the ocean, reminisce about the past of the ocean, focus on the future of the ocean, reshape Chinese oceanic civilization, and embrace the global oceanic era. The Guangzhou port was once known as the "Southern Treasury of the Son of Heaven" in ancient times. During the early Qing Dynasty, the implementation of the single-port foreign trade system in Guangzhou further highlighted the status of the port. This book focuses on the Chinese marine socio-economic history in this specific time and space, breaking through the past one-sided negation or excessive exaggeration of the achievements of Sino-Western trade under the Guangzhou system. It points out that while the conservative system suppressed and distorted the natural development process of China's marine economy, the collision of Sino-Western marine economies in the Guangzhou market objectively promoted the economies of Guangdong and other regions to different levels. Studying this process helps us reveal the multiple choices and historical reasons behind the fate of modern Chinese history and its eventual direction.