Tribute Map: the Extraterritorial World in the Eyes of the Ancient Chinese
by Luoshan
About This Novel
During the Qing Dynasty, the main documents about foreign knowledge were "The Tribute Map of the Qing Dynasty" and "The Map of All Nations Coming to the Court". From the names of the two documents, it is easy to see that during the Qing Dynasty, the world view of the authorities and dynastic elites still followed China's ancient view of the world, and at the same time, the boundaries between civilization and barbarism were divided between Yixia and Xia. Countries surrounding China such as Korea, Annam, Siam, Sulu, Burma, Nanzhang, Brunei, and Luzon have been included in the "tributary order" surrounding Chinese civilization since before the Qing Dynasty. Qing rulers from outside the country could not only inherit and strengthen this arrangement, but they were also unable to make their own innovations. It can be seen from the "Zong Tribute Map" that the rulers of the Qing Dynasty were undoubtedly more familiar with the surrounding countries, and were more accustomed to considering themselves the center of East Asian civilization and condescendingly judging the history, current situation and social life of the surrounding countries.
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