元代宁波在中日关系中的矛盾性格

The Dual Roles of Ningbo in the Sino-Japan Relation in the Yuan Dynasty

元代中日两国的关系处于僵持状态,但经济、文化的交往并没有中断。而元代的宁波(庆元)不仅是中日经济、文化交流的中心和枢纽,同时也是对日战略进攻与防御的前沿。这种矛盾的性格特征给两国之间的经济和文化交流造成了一定的影响,这是由当时元日两国复杂的关系所导致的。

In the Yuan Dynasty, the cultural and economic exchanges between China and Japan maintained though there was an installment in the relation between China and Japan. Ningbo (then called Qingyuan) had a key position in the communication between the two countries in that, on the one hand, it was a center of cultural and economic exchanges and on the other, it was the front of national defence of China against Japanese invasions. This double role was a result of the complicated relations between the two countries.