Compass on the Ocean: Chinese Maritime Theory, History and Culture (China Academic Library)

By: Guozhen Yang

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Synopsis: This book is a theoretical study of China's maritime development and maritime humanities and social sciences, as well as a study of China's maritime historiography. China is a large country with both land and sea, rich in biodiversity, and the ocean is an important environment for the Chinese nation to survive and thrive. In history, the Chinese nation has developed its own maritime economy, maritime society and maritime humanistic model. As a natural body, the ocean treats all littoral nations equally, and it is neither open nor closed to any one of them. Due to the different maritime environments, the ways the coastal nations adapt vary accordingly; hence the maritime culture is characterized by plurality and diversity. The contacts and exchanges between maritime civilizations in history are riddled with misunderstandings, exclusions, conflicts, and confrontations. Therefore, it is necessary to develop dialogues among varied maritime civilizations of varied countries, which, as a result, will develop together through mutual tolerance, seek common ground while shelving differences, and extract the idea of maritime civilization for all mankind through mutual learning and complementing each other.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9789819776122
Related ISBNs:: 9789819776115
Publisher:: Springer Nature Singapore
Date of Addition:: 12/11/24
Copyrighted By:: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Publishing Co., Ltd.
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Social Studies
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Translator:: Guiying Jiang
Translator:: Suying Li
Translator:: Peng Chang