The Maritime Silk Road and Cultural Exchange Between China and the World

Author: Chen Yan
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Publish Date: 1996-03-01
Features: This book selects eighteen papers on the Maritime Silk Road and China-foreign cultural exchange published by the author domestically and internationally, totaling approximately 250,000 words. Most of these papers are the author's latest research findings from recent years or thematic academic reports presented at international conferences and during overseas lectures. They argue for the origins and historical development of the Maritime Silk Road in various periods, summarizing that it is not only a "economic trade route" for spreading silk, porcelain, and other commodities, a "friendly exchange route" for fostering friendships among nations, a "cultural exchange route" for disseminating the splendid cultures of different peoples, and a "beneficial-to-humanity route" for sharing China's Four Great Inventions and promoting scientific and technological exchange, but also a "necessary path" for reviving China and advancing the country's current opening-up and economic takeoff.