Legendary Port of the Maritime Silk Routes

Qiang Wang (PhD candidate, City University of Macau) is currently Associate Professor of Liming University/Beijing Normal University, Zhuhai and formerly Research Associate in the English Department, University of California, Irvine (2013–2014).

List of Figures – Acknowledgments – List of Abbreviations – Dr. Doudou Diene: Foreword: Zayton/Quanzhou—Ground Zero of the Maritime Silk Roads – Preface – Zayton as a Crucial Harbor and World Emporium in Maritime Trade – Historic Relics Witnessed the Prosperity of Maritime Trade (1000–1400) – The Diversity of Maritime Culture in Quanzhou – Historical Records About Quanzhou and Maritime Exchange – Trade and Immigration Along Maritime Trade Routes – The Prosperity of Ancient Maritime Quanzhou and Its Enlightenment – Khal Torabully: Quanzhou and Ibn Battuta—The Living Testimony of the Silk Routes – Appendix: A Brief Introduction to Quanzhou: Emporium of the World in Song-Yuan China.

“[This book] presents a panorama of maritime Quanzhou of coastal China between the tenth and fourteenth centuries and its trans-cultural character of this legendary port. The author applies a maritime paradigm and a diachronic approach to relating the maritime past of Quanzhou with its modern revival in the globalization context.”—Dr. Doudou Diene, Chair of the Board of the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, Former Director of the UNESCO Division of Intercultural and Inter-Religious Dialogue and Coordinator of the UNESCO Integral Study of the Silk Roads: Roads of Dialogue

“The author’s insightful exploration of the Maritime Silk Route is much more than just an account of the ancient world’s greatest global trade network. Much more importantly, it sheds light on the values and priorities that, from time immemorial, have led Chinese to emphasize peaceful coexistence and mutually beneficial trade—values that are more important than ever in today’s every shrinking global community.”—Dr. Bill Brown, Academic Director, OneMBA, School of Management, Xiamen University