经济政治制度影响下的明初外交官窑瓷

Diplomatic Porcelain in the Early Ming Period under the Influence of the Economic and Political System

陶瓷与人们的生活密切相关,和人类政治、经济、文化的关系由来已久,影响了人类社会文明的发展进程。其发展演变规律也反映了每一个时代背后经济与政治的变迁。相比元朝以武力扩张领土的政治策略,明朝建立之初,洪武、永乐皇帝便推行积极的外交政策,四处建殳邦交,和平往来,从而形成中国古代史上又一个对外交往极为兴盛的时期,而与此同时,官窑瓷除了直接服务于皇室的日常生活之外,还经常成为帝王对外交往中的礼品,这正是当时的政治需要和经济面貌的具体表现,亦可以从正面来认识明初统治阶级的对外交往政策及其宗教信仰。

Ceramic is closely related to human lives, especially related to human politics, economy and human culture, which has been influencing the whole course of human social civilization, therefore, its developing regulation also reflects the economic and political changes in every era. Compared to the political tactics extending the territory by arms in Yuan dynasty, Emperor Hongwu and emperor Yongle of the Ming dynasty carried out active foreign plans. They established diplomatic ties all around and pursued for peaceful trade, which resulted in another flourish period on diplomacy in the history of ancient China. At that time, the imperial porcelains not only served directly for the daily use of Royal family, but also for the foreign contact as gifts presented by the emperor. Above all, those are the specific reactions of then political needs and economic outlook, besides, we can recognize the ruling class's foreign contacts and their religious beliefs from the positive perspective.