晁中辰教授长期从事明清时期的中外关系史研究,著述丰硕,尤其是对明代海禁与海外贸易问题多有创见。在已发表的数十篇有关论文基础上,今撰成《明代海禁与海外贸易》一书,已由人民出版社出版,对明代实行海禁的背景、原因、演变脉络、朝贡贸易和私 Professor Chao Zhongchen has long been engaged in the study of the history of Sino-foreign relations during the Ming and Qing Dynasties and has a great deal of writings, especially his pioneering work on the sea ban and overseas trade in the Ming Dynasty. On the basis of the dozens of published papers, it has been published as a book entitled “Sea Prohibition and Overseas Trade in the Ming Dynasty” and has been published by People’s Publishing House. The background, reasons, evolutionary context, tributary trade and private