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江户时代“物”的中日交流——从全球史的视角

Material Exchange Between China and Japan in the Edo Period: A Global History Perspective

Progress in Social Sciences / 2025,7(6): 482-487 / 2025-07-10 36 27

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• Authors: 张卫俊 陆薇薇
• Information:

  东南大学外国语学院，南京

• Keywords:
  Edo period; Global history; Material culture; Early globalization; Modernization
  江户时代; 全球史; 物质文化; 早期全球化; 现代化
• Abstract: From the perspective of the global history of material culture, this paper examines the material and cultural exchanges between China and Japan during the Edo period, using silver, sugar, and bencao (pharmacopoeia) as representative case studies. Silver reflects the restructuring of East Asia’s economic and trade networks; sugar demonstrates the transregional circulation of technologies, particularly in sugar production; and bencao exemplifies intellectual exchange and the mutual efforts of both countries in constructing their knowledge systems. The circulation of “things” between China and Japan during this period reveals that, even under restrictive policies, both nations actively engaged in the global material cycle through selective exchange, maintaining autonomy while adapting to global dynamics. This study highlights the endogenous logic and diversified trajectories of East Asian modernization. By approaching Sino-Japanese cultural exchange through the global history of materiality, the paper challenges Eurocentric narratives such as “modernization equals Westernization” and reconsiders the unique potential of East Asian paths to modernity. 本文从物的全球史视角出发，以白银、砂糖和本草为案例，探讨了江户时代中日两国之间的物质文化交流。白银见证了江户时代东亚地区经贸格局的重构；砂糖反映了东亚地区以制糖技术为代表的工艺和技术知识的流动；本草则体现出思想层面的交流，凝聚着中日两国构建自身知识思想体系的努力。江户时代中日两国之间“物”的流动，反映了两国在早期全球化浪潮中，通过“选择性的交流”，在维护自身的主体性和独立性的同时参与到全球物质循环中，从而展示出东亚现代化进程的内生逻辑与多样路径。从物的全球史角度切入考察江户时代中日文化交流，有助于破除“现代化等于西方化”的欧洲中心主义叙事，重新理解东亚地区现代化发展的可能性与独特性。
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.35534/pss.0706082
• Cite: 张卫俊，陆薇薇．江户时代“物”的中日交流——从全球史的视角［J］．社会科学进展，2025，7（6）：482-487.