Dreyer, Edward L.
Zheng He : China and the oceans in the early Ming dynasty, 1405-1433 / China and the oceans in the early Ming dynasty, 1405-1433 Edward L. Dreyer. - xiv, 238 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm. - The library of world biography. . - Library of world biography. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-222) and index.
Editor's preface -- Author's preface -- Acknowledgments -- enigma of Zheng He -- 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 -- Zheng He's early life and his patron, Emperor Yongle -- fall of the Yuan and the rise of the Ming to 1368 -- reign of Emperor Hongwu, 1368/1398 -- Civil War, 1398/1402 -- Yongle's reign as Emperor, 1402/1424 -- China and the Asian maritime world in the time of Zheng He -- purpose of Zheng He's voyages -- Patterns of trade in the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea -- Malay-Indonesian World in the Hongwu era -- Southern India and Ceylon in the time of Zheng -- Sailing to India : Zheng He's first, second, and third voyages -- first voyage, 1405/1407 -- second voyage, 1407/1409 -- third voyage, 1409/1411 -- Sailing to Africa : Zheng He's fourth, fifth, and sixth voyages -- fourth voyage, 1412/14-1415 -- fifth voyage, 1417/1419 -- sixth voyage, 1421/1422 -- last years of the Yongle Reign, 1422/1424 -- 1. The The 2. The The 3. The The 4. The The The 5. The The The 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- rediscovery of Zheng He -- Appendix : Translations of primary sources -- Zheng He's biography in Mingshi 304.2b/4b -- Zheng He's Liujiagang Inscription of 1431 -- Zheng He's Changle Inscription of 1431 -- Chronology -- Glossary -- note on the sources -- Index. 6. The 7. 8. The The 1. 2. 3. A
0321084438 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780321084439 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2006007923
Zheng, He, 1371-1435 --Travel.
China--History--Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.
Southeast Asia--Relations--China.
China--Relations--Southeast Asia.
DS753.6.Z47 / D74 2007
951/.026092 B
Zheng He : China and the oceans in the early Ming dynasty, 1405-1433 / China and the oceans in the early Ming dynasty, 1405-1433 Edward L. Dreyer. - xiv, 238 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm. - The library of world biography. . - Library of world biography. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-222) and index.
Editor's preface -- Author's preface -- Acknowledgments -- enigma of Zheng He -- 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 -- Zheng He's early life and his patron, Emperor Yongle -- fall of the Yuan and the rise of the Ming to 1368 -- reign of Emperor Hongwu, 1368/1398 -- Civil War, 1398/1402 -- Yongle's reign as Emperor, 1402/1424 -- China and the Asian maritime world in the time of Zheng He -- purpose of Zheng He's voyages -- Patterns of trade in the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea -- Malay-Indonesian World in the Hongwu era -- Southern India and Ceylon in the time of Zheng -- Sailing to India : Zheng He's first, second, and third voyages -- first voyage, 1405/1407 -- second voyage, 1407/1409 -- third voyage, 1409/1411 -- Sailing to Africa : Zheng He's fourth, fifth, and sixth voyages -- fourth voyage, 1412/14-1415 -- fifth voyage, 1417/1419 -- sixth voyage, 1421/1422 -- last years of the Yongle Reign, 1422/1424 -- 1. The The 2. The The 3. The The 4. The The The 5. The The The 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 -- 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 -- 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 -- rediscovery of Zheng He -- Appendix : Translations of primary sources -- Zheng He's biography in Mingshi 304.2b/4b -- Zheng He's Liujiagang Inscription of 1431 -- Zheng He's Changle Inscription of 1431 -- Chronology -- Glossary -- note on the sources -- Index. 6. The 7. 8. The The 1. 2. 3. A
0321084438 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780321084439 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2006007923
Zheng, He, 1371-1435 --Travel.
China--History--Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.
Southeast Asia--Relations--China.
China--Relations--Southeast Asia.
DS753.6.Z47 / D74 2007
951/.026092 B