April 2026

The Question of Exploration: Civilizational Self-Understanding in Ming China

Introduction The question of whether to explore beyond one’s borders is not new, and this question was answered in strikingly different ways in China and in the West in the 15th century. As The Age of Discovery was beginning in Europe, in the East China emerged as the world’s foremost naval power and began its

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