Networks of faith and profit: monks, merchants, and exchanges between China and Japan, 839-1403 CE
"Debunks long-held assumptions regarding the lack of contact between China and Japan between 839 -1403 CE, arguing that a vibrant Sino-Japanese trade network flourished in this period as Buddhist monks and merchants fostered connections across maritime East Asia. Examination of Buddhist records...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2023
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Series/Journal: | Asian connections
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
China
/ Japan
/ Buddhism
/ Economy
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| Further subjects: | B
839-1403
B Unternehmensnetzwerk B Japan Commerce (China) History To 1500 B Handelsgeschichte B Japan B Economic history B Religiöser Orden B Buddhism B Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen B China B China Commerce (Japan) History To 1500 B Buddhism Economic aspects (China) B Buddhism Economic aspects (Japan) |
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| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: Li, Yiwen, 1985-: Networks of faith and profit. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023. - 9781009303132 |
| Summary: | "Debunks long-held assumptions regarding the lack of contact between China and Japan between 839 -1403 CE, arguing that a vibrant Sino-Japanese trade network flourished in this period as Buddhist monks and merchants fostered connections across maritime East Asia. Examination of Buddhist records, objects and images illuminates how this system worked." |
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| Item Description: | Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Yale University, 2017, under the title: Networks of profit and faith : spanning the sea of Japan and the East China Sea, 838-1403 Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1009303082 |