The socio-economic studies connected with Ming (明) Dynasty make clear the subjects on the coastal transportation. Particularly, this field is not to be easily Cultivated because of scarce historical materials. So I collected the materials concerning the Chinese ships casting away on the coast of the Korean peninsula. We can get to know the activities of the Chinese ships on the coastal transportation in late Ming Dynasty. The Ming government enforced the policy of Hai-chin (海禁) in the second half of the 14th century. This policy strictly forbade Chinese to sail on the sea. But we can get to know that many Chinese ships sailed on the sea along the coast of Che-chiang-sheng (浙江省) in the year of 1548. After that, about the year of 1567, the policy of Hai-chin was mitigated. Chinese merchants found larger markets not only abroad but also in the coastal areas. And I have found that a Chinese ship would have sailed from Fu-chou (福州) to T`ien-chin (天津) and its neighborhood in 1608, by the Korean historical materials. This ship took in passengers besides the members of crew. These passengers were mandarins, their servants, and merchants. In this paper, I have explained that the coastal transportation had been active in late Ming Dynasty. I think that this tendency continued in Ch'ing (清) Dynasty.
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