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The Rise of Merchants: Maritime Sea Trade in East Asia in the 10th to 12th centuries

The Chinese History Podcast

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The Japanese Sources Say That These Merchants Could Compose Poems

Japanese sources tell us a lot more about these merchants, that they were quite literate. Why do the japanese sources specifically point that out when the chinese sources don't? I think the reasons they note the literary abilities of these merchants, it's not for the sake of the merchants or their iterary ability. Usually it's recorded for other reasons. It more having to do with the interests of the buddhist religious establishments.

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