When China Ruled the Seas Quotes

“Today there is still the same ambiguity toward foreigners and foreign influence. The opening and closing of doors. The sullen refuge in isolation.”
― Louise Levathes, When China Ruled the Seas: The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405–1433

“Confucius had said, “If a ruler’s words be good, is it not also good that no one oppose them? But if they are not good, and no one opposes them, may there not be expected from this one sentence the ruin of his country?”220”
― Louise Levathes, When China Ruled the Seas: The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405–1433

“There is no darkness but is brightened; there is no distance but is illuminated.”
― Louise Levathes, When China Ruled the Seas: The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405–1433

“Zi zhi tong jian (Comprehensive mirror for aid in governance), the famous annalistic history on the period written between 1067 and 1084 A.D.,”
― Louise Levathes, When China Ruled the Seas: The Treasure Fleet of the Dragon Throne, 1405–1433