Book contents
- Networks of Faith and Profit
- Asian Connections
- Networks of Faith and Profit
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Maps
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Replacing Tributary Relations
- 3 Not Only for the Dharma
- 4 Building a Base for Trade
- 5 Transporting Goods and Faith
- 6 Sending Ships to China to Finance Monastery Construction
- 7 Resuming Tribute Relations and the Aftermath of the Religio-commercial Network, 1368–1403
- Bibliography
- Index
- Asian Connections
1 - Introduction
Buddhist Trade Networks in East Asia
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 May 2023
- Networks of Faith and Profit
- Asian Connections
- Networks of Faith and Profit
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Maps
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Replacing Tributary Relations
- 3 Not Only for the Dharma
- 4 Building a Base for Trade
- 5 Transporting Goods and Faith
- 6 Sending Ships to China to Finance Monastery Construction
- 7 Resuming Tribute Relations and the Aftermath of the Religio-commercial Network, 1368–1403
- Bibliography
- Index
- Asian Connections
Summary
The introduction begins with Ennin, the eminent Japanese monk who traveled to China in 838 with the last Japanese embassy to the Tang court. Then sojourning for nine years in China, Ennin witnessed that more-private forms of shipping and trade had already begun to displace the tribute system. Tracing Ennin’s experience in China, this chapter introduces three main themes of the book: Buddhist material culture and the monastic economy, trade via religious networks, and the relationship among monks, merchants, and the secular authorities. This chapter also explains the nontraditional sources that this book uses and the new readings of monastic records that it offers.
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- Networks of Faith and ProfitMonks, Merchants, and Exchanges between China and Japan, 839–1403 CE, pp. 1 - 20Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023