Book contents
- Networks of Faith and Profit
- Asian Connections
- Networks of Faith and Profit
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Maps
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Replacing Tributary Relations
- 3 Not Only for the Dharma
- 4 Building a Base for Trade
- 5 Transporting Goods and Faith
- 6 Sending Ships to China to Finance Monastery Construction
- 7 Resuming Tribute Relations and the Aftermath of the Religio-commercial Network, 1368–1403
- Bibliography
- Index
- Asian Connections
3 - Not Only for the Dharma
Pilgrim Monks as Intermediaries between China and Japan, 900–1100
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 May 2023
- Networks of Faith and Profit
- Asian Connections
- Networks of Faith and Profit
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Maps
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Replacing Tributary Relations
- 3 Not Only for the Dharma
- 4 Building a Base for Trade
- 5 Transporting Goods and Faith
- 6 Sending Ships to China to Finance Monastery Construction
- 7 Resuming Tribute Relations and the Aftermath of the Religio-commercial Network, 1368–1403
- Bibliography
- Index
- Asian Connections
Summary
This chapter focuses on three Japanese pilgrim monks who visited Northern Song China (960–1127) and had extensive interactions with Chinese emperors, court officials, and merchants. Monks’ diaries and other court records indicate that by the eleventh century, the authorities in both China and Japan were aware of the collaboration between monks and merchants and were even taking advantage of the newly formed network. Japanese aristocrats hoped to acquire desirable continental commodities via the monk-merchant cooperation, and Emperor Shenzong of the Song asked a Japanese pilgrim monk to bring his gifts and letter to the Japanese authorities.
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- Networks of Faith and ProfitMonks, Merchants, and Exchanges between China and Japan, 839–1403 CE, pp. 49 - 70Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023