Chapter The Mediterranean Island of Malta and Its Names in Chinese Sources
This chapter aims to examine Chinese knowledge and narratives about Malta over the centuries, providing a general overview of Chinese sources citing and/or describing this island, to reconstruct a historical panorama concerning the knowledge of the island of Malta in China. To this end, the research...
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| description | This chapter aims to examine Chinese knowledge and narratives about Malta over the centuries, providing a general overview of Chinese sources citing and/or describing this island, to reconstruct a historical panorama concerning the knowledge of the island of Malta in China. To this end, the research focuses on written texts, beginning with Chinese geographical sources, followed by travel literature from the Ming-Qing period before 1866. This chapter opens with a brief discussion of the Mediterranean Sea in ancient Chinese texts, followed by a selection of Ming and Qing sources on Malta, presenting it as a land that embodies the concepts of interculturalism and transculturality. Virtually absent from Chinese sources for centuries, descriptions of Malta from both geographical works and travel accounts up to the first half of the 19th century provide an idyllic depiction of a fertile land inhabited by industrious, generous, brave, and contented people. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1635822025-08-02T05:17:00Z Chapter The Mediterranean Island of Malta and Its Names in Chinese Sources CASTORINA, Miriam Mediterranean Sea Malta Chinese Travel Writing Perception Transcultural This chapter aims to examine Chinese knowledge and narratives about Malta over the centuries, providing a general overview of Chinese sources citing and/or describing this island, to reconstruct a historical panorama concerning the knowledge of the island of Malta in China. To this end, the research focuses on written texts, beginning with Chinese geographical sources, followed by travel literature from the Ming-Qing period before 1866. This chapter opens with a brief discussion of the Mediterranean Sea in ancient Chinese texts, followed by a selection of Ming and Qing sources on Malta, presenting it as a land that embodies the concepts of interculturalism and transculturality. Virtually absent from Chinese sources for centuries, descriptions of Malta from both geographical works and travel accounts up to the first half of the 19th century provide an idyllic depiction of a fertile land inhabited by industrious, generous, brave, and contented people. 2025-08-02T05:16:59Z 2025-08-02T05:16:59Z 2025-08-01T15:52:00Z 2024 chapter ONIX_20250801T173835_9791221505986_194 2704-5919 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/104744 9791221505986 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/163582 eng Studi e saggi open access image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/104744/1/44235.pdf Firenze University Press 10.36253/979-12-215-0598-6.10 10.36253/979-12-215-0598-6.10 2ec4474d-93b1-4cfa-b313-9c6019b51b1a 9791221505986 14 Florence open access |
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