
Rupture, Evolution, and Continuity
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Content
- Cover
- Title Pages
- Contents
- Maps
- Tables
- Figures
- Acknowledgement
- Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Dynasties and Periods
- Preface
- Introduction
- Historical Background and the Tasks at Hand
- State of Research
- Methodology
- Chapter Outline
- Part I Rupture
- Chapter 1 The Decline of Domestic Maritime Trade from Yuan to Ming Dynasty
- 1.1 Domestic Maritime Trade between Shandong and Other Regions in Yuan Times
- 1.2 The Declining Local Maritime Trade of Shandong in Ming Times
- Conclusion
- Chapter 2 Shandong and Sino-Korean Relations during the Yuan-Ming Transition
- 2.1 Changes in Embassy Routes during the Yuan-Ming Transition
- 2.1.1 The Official Relations between Yuan China and Koryo
- 2.1.2 Korean Tributary Missions to Ming China
- 2.2 The International Trade between China and Korea
- 2.2.1 Non-governmental Trade between Yuan China and Koryo
- 2.2.2 Two Ancient Commercial Ships in Penglai
- 2.2.3 Korean Tributary Missions and Their Trade in Ming China
- Conclusion
- Part II Evolution
- Chapter 3 Wokou in China during the Late Yuan and Early Ming Dynasties
- 3.1 The Definition, Origins and Development of Wokou
- 3.1.1 The First Evidence of the Use of the Word Wokou in Korea
- 3.1.2 The First Written Evidence for Wokou in China
- 3.1.3 Wokou in Yuan China
- 3.1.4 Wokou during the Early Ming Dynasty
- 3.2 Wokou Raiding Activities in Shandong
- 3.3 Discussion of Causes
- 3.3.1 Wars
- 3.3.2 Natural Disasters
- 3.3.3 Climate Change
- 3.3.4 The Weak Coastal Defence in China and Korea
- 3.4 Wokou's Voyages to China
- Conclusion
- Chapter 4 A Reassessment of Sino-Japanese Wokou Diplomacy during the Early Ming Dynasty
- 4.1 Ming China's Ice-breaking Embassies to Japan
- 4.2 Japan's Tributary Mission to China
- 4.3 Did Zhao Zhi Go back to China in 1371?
- 4.4 Conflicts and the Rupture of Wokou Diplomacy
- 4.5 Reassessing the Tributary System Model
- Conclusion
- Chapter 5 The Ming Coastal Defence System in Shandong
- 5.1 The Coastal Defence System in Shandong before 1398
- 5.2 Seven Guards and Three Independent Battalions in 1398
- 5.3 Military Administration of Shandong
- 5.3.1 Shandong Anti-Wokou Regional Military Commission
- 5.3.2 Three Coastal Defence Divisions
- 5.3.3 Coastal Patrol and Military Defence Circuits
- 5.4 Coastal Military Inspectorates and Stockades
- 5.5 Weapons and Warships
- Conclusion
- Part III Continuity
- Chapter 6 The Continuity of Shipment of Grain in Yuan and Ming Times
- 6.1 Changes of Sea Transport Routes in Yuan Times
- 6.2 Shipment of Military Supplies between Shandong and Liaodong in Ming Times
- Conclusion
- Conclusion
- Appendix
- Appendix 1 The Ming Emperors: Names and Dates
- Appendix 2 Wokou Raiding Activities in Shandong in Ming Times
- Appendix 3 The Establishment Year of Several Coastal Guards and Battalions in Early Ming Shandong
- A. The Xiongya Independent Battalion
- B. The Lingshan Guard
- C. The Aoshan Guard
- D. Shandong Anti-wokou Regional Military Commission
- Appendix 4 Japanese Disasters during the 1220s and 1230s
- Appendix 5 Shandong Anti-Wokou Regional Military Commissioners in Ming Times
- Appendix 6 Coastal Patrol Circuit Intendants of Shandong in Ming Times
- Appendix 7 Officials of the Wendeng Division in Ming Times
- Appendix 8 Coastal Military Inspectorates in Shandong in Ming Times
- Bibliography
- Primary Sources
- Secondary Sources
- Index
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