Networks of Faith and Profit

Monks, Merchants, and Exchanges between China and Japan, 839–1403 CE

Bibliographic Data

ID19925252
AuthorsYiwen Li (0000-0002-6608-9680, City University of Hong Kong, corresponding author)
Year2023
Publication date2023-05-31
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueNetworks of Faith and Profit (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/9781009303132
OpenAlexW4377968230
Open LibraryOL48677014M
ISBN9781009303132
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited1

Between 839 and 1403 CE, there was a six-century lapse in diplomatic relations between present-day China and Japan. This hiatus in what is known as the tribute system has led to an assumption that there was little contact between the two countries in this period. Yiwen Li debunks this assumption, arguing instead that a vibrant Sino-Japanese trade network flourished in this period as Buddhist monks and merchants fostered connections across maritime East Asia. Based on a close examination of sources in multiple languages, including poems and letters, transmitted images and objects, and archaeological discoveries, Li presents a vivid and dynamic picture of the East Asian maritime world. She shows how this Buddhist trade network operated outside of the framework of the tribute system and, through novel interpretations of Buddhist records, provides a new understanding of the relationship between Buddhism and commerce

Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Art history · Buddhism · China · East Asia · Economics · Epistemology · Faith · Geography · Literature · Neoclassical economics · Period (music) · Poetry · Profit (economics) · Tribute · Chinese history and philosophy · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories · History · Japanese History and Culture · Philosophy · asia

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