The story about the Silk Road

1, Kelpolo businessman-to the Western Regions.

Businessmen are an active group on the Silk Road, an important driving force for traffic along the Silk Road, and have made important contributions to the exchanges between the East and the West. Long-distance trafficking is an important way for ancient businessmen to make profits. Commercial interests drove them to take risks. While they were trading, they also passed on different ideas, cultures and products to the East and the West.

According to China's historical documents, the peoples in Central Asia are all experts in business, and even behind the nomadic peoples in the north, there are often merchant groups in Central Asia. During the Han and Tang Dynasties (2nd century BC-A.D.1early 20th century), the famous businessmen in Central Asia were Sogdians. They formed a caravan to and from China and Central Asia. They believe in Zoroastrianism, and the leader of Zoroastrianism is also the leader of the caravan.

They not only provided fresh goods for China and the West, but also brought special culture to China and the West. The emissaries of distant countries, sometimes held by businessmen, were actually engaged in trade activities while paying tribute to Emperor China. Kyle Boro, a famous emissary, was born in a merchant family.

2. The Story of Ban Chao-Simple Proverbs

When Ban Chao was recalled, Ren Shang, a captain of Wuji, was replaced by the imperial court as the capital of the Western Regions. When explaining his work, Ren Shang said to Ban Chao, "You have been abroad for more than 30 years, and I am ashamed. After you, I have a great responsibility and short-sightedness. You should be able to teach me something. "

Ban Chao said, I am old and stupid. You are in an important position, how can I compete with going to work? If necessary, I would like to say a few words of great wisdom. The officers and men of the Great Wall are not dutiful sons and grandchildren, and they are all moved here because of guilt. Barbarians are cruel, so it is difficult to adopt and easy to do bad things.

Now you are tough and a little impatient. There will be no big fish when the water is clear, and the following will not be happy if the supervision is strict. You should be tolerant, calm and simple, be lenient with small mistakes, and just grasp the important links.

After Ban Chao left, Ren Shang privately said to his cronies, "I thought Ban Jun had some fantastic ideas, but now it seems that what he said is just ordinary remarks." A few years after Ren Shang took office, the western regions rebelled and made an insurrection, and Ren Shang was recalled because of infighting, just as Ban Chao warned.

3. Ban Chao's story-joining the army.

When Ban Chao copied documents for the imperial court, he worked at his desk every day. He often stopped to write a sigh and said, "As a gentleman, I should always learn from Fu Jiezi and Zhang Qian, who have made great achievements abroad, and make the marquis a title. How can I always make a living by doing this kind of pen and ink? " Others laughed at him, but Ban Chao said, "How can ordinary people understand the hearts of people with lofty ideals!" ?

Extended data

The overland Silk Road originated in the Western Han Dynasty (202-8 years ago), starting from the capital Chang 'an (now Xi 'an), passing through Gansu and Xinjiang, reaching Central Asia and West Asia and connecting Mediterranean countries. Its original function was to transport silk produced in ancient China.

1877, German geologist Richthofen named the "Silk Road" from BC 1 14 to AD 127 as "the traffic road between China and Central Asia, and between China and India", which was quickly accepted by the academic circles and the public. ?

The "Maritime Silk Road" is a maritime passage for transportation, trade and cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries in ancient times, mainly centered on the South China Sea, so it is also called the South China Sea Silk Road. The Maritime Silk Road was formed in the Qin and Han Dynasties, developed from the Three Kingdoms to the Sui Dynasty, flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties and changed in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. This is the oldest known sea route.

The Maritime Silk Road was formed in the period of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty. Sailing westward from China, the South China Sea route is the main line of the Maritime Silk Road. At the same time, there is an East China Sea route from China to the Korean Peninsula and the Japanese archipelago, which occupies a secondary position in the Maritime Silk Road.

With regard to the South China Sea route of the Silk Road in Han Dynasty, Geography of Han Dynasty recorded the voyage that Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty sent envoys and businessmen to the sea for trade, saying that they started from Rinan (now central Vietnam) or Xuwen (now Guangdong) and Hepu (now Guangxi), went south along the east coast of Indo-China Peninsula, and arrived in Du Yuan (now Di City in southern Vietnam) for five months.

After four months' voyage, it arrived in Lu Yi (now a Buddhist sect in Thailand) at the mouth of Chao Phraya River. After that, he went south along the east coast of Malay Peninsula and arrived in Li Zhan (now Bashu, Thailand) more than 20 days later. He abandoned the ship and landed here, crossed the isthmus, walked 10 for more than 0 days, and arrived in the capital Lu (now Dana Shalin, Myanmar).

Then he boarded the ship and sailed west in the Indian Ocean. After more than two months, I arrived at Huang Zhiguo (now Kangchepland on the southeast coast of India).

After returning home, I went down to Putrajaya (now Sri Lanka) from the south of the Yellow River, and then sailed directly to the east. Eight months later, I arrived in Malacca Strait, anchored in Pizong (now Pisan Island in western Singapore), and finally sailed for more than two months, from Pizong to Xianglin County in Rinan County (Chaqiao is located in the south of Weichuan County in Vietnam). ?

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