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She was supposed to be a high-ranking princess of the Southern Dynasties, but because of a war, she was reduced to an actress who was looked down upon by everyone. He was a general who was respected by thousands of people and had great achievements, but his heart was disturbed because of her one look back. When the national crisis hit, he promised, "I will serve as a soldier for half my life, and I will allow you to talk about Sang Ma together." But she smiled and replied. The country hates the family, will he and her still be together?

This book is a history of the Silk Road in the Ming Dynasty that is considered and demonstrated from the perspective of the history of Sino-foreign relations with dual perspectives of the whole-global and dual main lines of country-society. It attempts to reproduce the historical trajectory of the evolution of China's relations with the world and the construction of its international relations system on the Silk Road during the great turning point between China and the world from the late 14th to the mid-17th century. The book is composed of an overall chapter, a maritime chapter, and a cultural chapter. It adheres to the historical characteristics of combining Chinese and foreign literature research. It conducts thematic demonstration and comprehensive integrated research on the relationship between China and the world in the Ming Dynasty from land and sea. It focuses on exploring the internal logic of the historical development of China in the Ming Dynasty and the historical facts of interaction and mutual learning between China and foreign countries. It summarizes the historical positioning of the Silk Road in the Ming Dynasty in Chinese history and even global history, and clarifies the historic contribution made by China in the Ming Dynasty to the global community of a shared future for mankind.

This book selects and compiles 22 papers that the author has engaged in research on Ming history since 1983. It is divided into three parts: the first part is system and culture, including 11 papers; the second part is archives and documents, including 7 papers; the third part is academic and memory, including 3 reminiscence articles and 1 review article. The research covers a wide range of areas and is rich in content, covering many fields such as Ming Dynasty politics, economy, law, military, finance, culture, religion, society, Sino-foreign relations, archival documents, etc. It is an academic exploration of the overall thinking and detailed narrative of the study of Ming history, the study of the historical development process of the Ming Dynasty, the theoretical discussion of the country and society in the Ming Dynasty, and the excavation, organization and utilization of Ming Dynasty archival documents.