On Zhu Wan Event

The middle and last term of Ming dynasty was a great change era. It was transform epoch that China and the West would go to the different direction severally in modern world. There were so many researches on trade status of southeast China and sino-west trade intercourse in the academic circles. After reading heavy, the author noted the importance of Zhu Wan Event. The author found this figure had a typical significance on the analysis and research to southeast China coastal situation in the middle and last term of Ming dynasty-he had close relation with Ming government, China civil force at sea, Portuguese, and Japanese, which were four leading roles dominating southeast China coast in that period. The author argues it is much significant that investigating the status and action of southeast China coastal, and the obvious or obscure factors behind the curtain in his ages by importing the clue figure-Zhu Wan(his political activity and his military attack to all then southeast China coastal force). The tragical life final of Zhu Wan, was the prelude that the policy of ban on maritime trade went bankruptcy in the whole Ming dynasty, also verified the inevitability that China and the West would go to the different direction severally facing the begin of modernization. The thesis investigates the historical background of Zhu Wan event first, mostly focuses on the then policy of Ming dynasty and the rise of the private maritime trade forces .Then, the author analyses the historical process of Zhu Wan Event and the death reason of Zhu Wan. Finally, the author draws a conclusion that the early Asian trade system focusing on Macao formed gradually after the death of Zhu Wan by analyzing the historical influence of Zhu Wan Event.The thesis is divide into three chapter.Chapter 1, the historical background of Zhu Wan Event. It mostly discusses that the maritime trade policy and all then southeast China coastal forces situation in the age of Zhu Wan, which is basement of the following discusses on Zhu Wan Event.Chapter 2, the death of Zhu Wan. This is the emphasis of this thesis, mostly investigates the sea-ruling policy and the military attack to force at sea including Portuguese when Zhu Wan governing the Zhejiang province, discusses the process of the Zhu Wan Event and the death of Zhu Wan in detail.Chapter 3, the historical influence of Zhu Wan Event. This chapter first investigates the influence of Zhu Wan Event to Jia Jing Wo Huan and Portuguese's occupation on Macao, then investigates the situation of the early Asian trade system formation after Portuguese's occupation on Macao.The last, concluding remarks, which expounds the nature, meaning, and historical enlightenment of Zhu Wan Event summarily.