作者：Papelitzky, Elke （林珂）
出版日期：2020/06/24
出版社：Harrassowitz
簡介
明朝（1368年至1644年）在其最後一個世紀遇到了許多來自國外的困難和挑戰。倭寇突襲海岸地區、歐洲人挑戰了貢品製度的傳統世界秩序、與北方草原民族的威脅持續煩惱朝廷。
這樣不穩定的氣氛導致許多明代文人對外國情況的討論。在明末的最後幾十年中，七位作者撰寫了可被視為中國早期「世界歷史」的專書。這些作者描述了從中國的近鄰日本和蒙古到遙遠的摩加迪休和歐洲等國家和地區的地理，歷史和政治制度。
林珂博士撰寫的這本書研究了七位作者對世界的知識和看法，尤其著重於與中國在海上邊境相接的國家：暹羅，馬六甲和葡萄牙，並結合了詳盡的文本和超文本分析以及傳記研究，為了了解作者的撰寫選擇。 這是對這些文獻的首次全面介紹，有助於理解晚明史學與晚明學者對國外的認識。
The last century of China’s Ming dynasty (1368–1644) saw many troubles and challenges from abroad. Pirates raided the coast, Europeans challenged the traditional world order of the tribute system, and the everlasting threat from the northern steppe people continued to raise concerns for the state. This climate of uncertainty resulted in many Ming literati discussing foreign countries. During the last decades of the Ming, seven authors wrote monographs that can be considered a form of early Chinese “world history.” The authors describe the geography, the history, and the political systems of foreign countries and regions ranging from China’s close neighbors Japan and Mongolia to more distant lands such as Mogadishu and Europe.
This books by Elke Papelitzky studies each of the seven author’s knowledge and perception of the world and focuses especially on the countries connected with China at the maritime border: Siam, Malacca, and Portugal, combining a close textual and paratextual analysis with a biographical study to understand why the authors wrote the texts the way they did. This is the first comprehensive introduction to these texts contributing to an understanding of late Ming historiography as well as the perception of foreign countries by late Ming scholars.
作者簡介：
林珂（ELKE PAPELITZKY)，歷史學博士，上海紐約大學博士後，曾任德國慕尼黑大學教研助理，通曉德、英、法、中、日、韓等多種語言，其博士論文「HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHICAL TEXTS OF THE LATE MING(1368-1644） AND CHINA’S MARITIME HISTORY」通過深入研究明代晚期中國的歷史地理著作來考察中國海洋史的發展，目前已在JOURNAL OF ASIAN HISTORY、CROSSROADS等發表論文多篇。
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