Flourishing Maritime Trade of the Southern Song

Name: Flourishing Maritime Trade of the Southern Song
Start: 1161
End: 1170

Type Event Region China Time 1161–1170

In the 1160s, after the Song-Jin wars and the Longxing peace settlement, Southern Song further relied on maritime trade to compensate for severed nor…

Timeline

1161–1164Lin'an · Southern SongAfter the Battle of Caishiji, the court under Emperor Xiaozong reformed the Maritime Trade Offices, encouraging maritime merchants to sail abroad to compensate for lost northern overland trade taxes; both court and local governments profited from customs duties.
1165–1170Southeast coastal port cluster · Southeast coastPorts such as Mingzhou, Guangzhou, and Quanzhou saw frequent merchant voyages with Champa, Srivijaya, and Arab lands; porcelain and silk exports expanded, and foreign goods entered the Liangzhe and Jiangxi markets by sea.

Sources

The Song Dynasty and Its Relations with the Maritime World — Angela Schottenhammer