英文摘要 |
The study focuses on three issues of the shipbuilding industry in Fuzhou in the Ming dynasty. First, by investigating the development of the shipbuilding industry by the chronicle order as well as the types of ships built in the ordinary days and the two climatic periods of shipbuilding, the implementation of the maritime policies of the Ming government in Fuzhou unfolds. The Ming administrations underwent a transition, in response to the demands for naval battles, from the overlooking attitude in the early periods to the highly attentive one later toward the shipbuilding industry. As a result, the three major ship types in China came into being in the Chia-Ching Period (1522-1567), wherein myriads of books on both subjects of the naval battles and the ship types were published. Second, the study focuses on the construction of Feng-Zhou (specific ships built in Fuzhou for the task to confer the kingship on the Ryukyu kings) whose prolonging deferment on completion for each ship in the mid and late Ming attributed to the difficulty in lumber acquisition, and therefore denoted for a decline of the state's control over the local management due to the socioeconomic shifts. Last, by examining the geographical distribution of the official shipyards and by plotting their locations in the map according to the chronicle order, this study illustrates the rationales of the site selection of the official shipyards. Also, from tracing their emplacements in time, this study concludes the movement of these shipyards was highly contingent upon the military considerations. |