East Meets West:A Study of Maritime Silk Road Trade from the 8th to the Early 13th Century

作     者：Chen Yexuan 

作者机构：Department of HistoryPeking University 

出 版 物：《China Book International》 (中国新书（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2024年第2期

页      面：30-33页

学科分类：02[经济学] 0202[经济学-应用经济学] 020206[经济学-国际贸易学] 

主　　题：filled chosen Spirit 

摘      要：The earliest known Chinese envoy to the Abbasid Caliphate was the Yang Liangyao mission during the Zhenyuan Era of Emperor Dezong of the Tang Dynasty,as recorded in the Inscription of Yang Liangyao s Spirit *** Xinjiang surmises,“As an official envoy of the Tang Dynasty,Yang Liangyao would likely have chosen to use the dynasty s shipsSo,what did Yang Liangyao s sailboat look like?The Inscription of Yang Liangyao s Spirit Way provides only this basic description of Yang Liangyao s sea voyage:“Raising sails to cut through the mist-filled air,rowing across the vast expanse of *** night,guided by divine lamps for *** day,led forward by mythical beasts.