On The Thought Of Overseas Trade In Late Ming Dynasty

In the externally economic intercourse of ancient china, carrying trade held a sizea ble proportion. Because the Ming dynasty carried out the ban on maritime trade severe ly at its initial stages, flourishing carrying trade had declined on one occasion since Son gdynasty and Yuan dynasty.In the mediumlater term of Ming dynasty carrying trade came on to renewed and presented many characteristics that were different from old on es: private carrying trade developed at very fast speed, its dimensions were gigantic; th e center of private carrying trade came out with largely; direct and indirect trade connec tions with Occident were set up, which were exclusive from the circle of traditional tra de in accident china; the major merchandise for exchange were not luxuryes but comm odities ,as raw silk and porcelain and so on .Primary reasons led to these new traits in t he medium-later term of Ming dynasty are followings: commodity economy was highl y developed; the share of society was further thinner than before and the impulsion see king for abroad market welled up after the capitalism was sprouted. With the discovery of geography in the later 15th century, the rudiment of international market was direct i nducement. The class and estate representing newly economic factors recurred to some thinkers to give voice to their behalf and desire circuitously. An intense quarrel broke o ut between supporters and dissenters for carrying trade. They started with the animadve rsion on the theories of supporters, affirmed the significance of carrying trade to the fin ance of littoral and the people's life, raised many positive policies about the manageme nt of carrying trade.In the thesis, the author combs out and concludes from three aspec ts: analysis of the theory of abroad carrying trade in the later Ming dynasty and econom - ic phenomenon, assumption about policies, dissects the reasons for production and esse nee. At last, the thesis reviews the ideas of abroad carryingtrade in the later Ming dynas ty historically, reveals actuality and sequence of the ideas of abroad carrying trade in th e later Ming dynasty, the inevitability and chanciness for the historical direction of soci ety development, after having evaluated the policies of carrying trade ban, and compari ng the ideas of carrying trade between china and foreign countries.