Ningbo was a very important city in the Ming Dynasty.
This scholar, who has been engaged in the study of China's ancient history, cultural history and social life history for a long time, has been warmly sought after by the audience in Yongcheng. Yesterday, the lecture hall on the third floor of the city library was packed, with chairs on the aisle, on both sides of the podium and even on the podium. As soon as Mao Peiqi sat down, he said, "Ningbo is a very important city in the Ming Dynasty."
Mao Peiqi said that Ningbo is a famous port now, and it was also a famous port in the Ming Dynasty. "Some people say that the Ming Dynasty was a period of strict enforcement of the maritime ban? The boards were not allowed to go into the sea, and the Ming dynasty closed. This is a wrong impression. " Mao Peiqi believed that "closing the country to the outside world" was the biggest misunderstanding of the Ming Dynasty, which banned private seagoing vessels, but the official trade never stopped. "We Ningbo people should answer this question. No, Ningbo was open in the Ming Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, there were urban shipping companies specializing in foreign trade, and Ningbo was one of the open ports. "
You must go to Tianyi Pavilion to study the history of Ming Dynasty.
Mao Peiqi believed that Ningbo was an important trading port at that time, and it accepted overseas customs earlier, which was also the frontier of fighting against Japanese pirates. "It is also an important cultural city in southeast China, which has an important influence on culture. So now we see that Tianyi Pavilion has left a large number of books that we need to read when studying the history of Ming Dynasty. "
Mao Peiqi solemnly said: "People all over the world, including those who study the history of the Ming Dynasty overseas, probably can't say that they have studied the history of the Ming Dynasty well until they came to Tianyi Pavilion. So the next time you ask someone who studies the history of the Ming Dynasty and say that you haven't been to Tianyi Pavilion, he says that you haven't been there, which is probably not a serious study of the history of the Ming Dynasty. So we are going to Tianyi Pavilion to study and study. "
Wan Sitong made great contributions to the history of Ming Dynasty.
Mao Peiqi talked about Wan Sitong in an interview with reporters before the lecture. Wan Sitong, a native of Ningbo, not only created the History of Eastern Zhejiang with Huang Zongxi, but also wrote dozens of works such as The Scholars, which occupied an important position in the academic field of Qing Dynasty. He also participated in the compilation of Ming history organized by the Qing government as "Buyi". Nowadays, when people talk about Tianyi Pavilion's precious ancient books, they always mention the Wan Sitong Ming History Draft in the pavilion, which is not only one of the treasures of Tianyi Pavilion Museum, but also the pride of Ningbo culture.
Mao Peiqi believes that Wan Sitong has made great contributions to the history of civilization. "Huang Zongxi did not cooperate with the Qing government politically, but supported students to study history, so the revision of Ming History went smoothly. A large part of the detailed and rigorous Ming history comes from the Ming History Draft. It can be said that Wan Sitong's Draft of Ming History has made great contributions to the success of Ming History. "