{"product_id":"networks-of-faith-and-profit-monks-merchants-and-exchanges-between-china-and-japan-839-1403-ce-paperback-softback-9781009303088","title":"Networks of Faith and Profit; Monks, Merchants, and Exchanges between China and Japan, 839–1403 CE (Paperback \/ softback) 9781009303088","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eNetworks of Faith and Profit\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMonks, Merchants, and Exchanges between China and Japan, 839–1403 CE\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA revisionist history showing how Buddhist monks and merchants fostered connections across maritime East Asia from 839 to 1403 CE.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eYiwen Li (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009303088, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 6 March 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e232 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.35 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… an important and creative social and maritime historical study that, in richly documenting and explaining the agents and sinews of the networks linking Japan and China between the ninth and fourteenth centuries, deserves a wide readership among historians and religious scholars of premodern East Asia.' Peter Shapinsky, Journal of Japanese Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBetween 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.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Introduction: Buddhist trade networks in East Asia\u003cbr\u003e 2. Replacing tributary relations: the reciprocal collaboration between monks and merchants, 839–900\u003cbr\u003e 3. Not only for the dharma: pilgrim monks as intermediaries between China and Japan, 900–1100\u003cbr\u003e 4. Building a Base for Trade: the 'Chinese quarter' in Hakata, 1100–1200\u003cbr\u003e 5. Transporting goods and faith: the economic privileges of the religious network, 1200–1270\u003cbr\u003e 6. Sending ships to China to finance monastery construction: trade between the Mongol empire and the Japanese archipelago, 1270–1368\u003cbr\u003e 7. Resuming tribute relations and the aftermath of the religio-commercial network, 1368–1403.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Asian history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Asian history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Asian%20history%20%5BHBJF%5D%22\"\u003eHBJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52413979033880,"sku":"9781009303088","price":26.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009303088i.jpg?v=1784333355","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/networks-of-faith-and-profit-monks-merchants-and-exchanges-between-china-and-japan-839-1403-ce-paperback-softback-9781009303088","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}