Noriko Unno-Yamazaki
中央公論新社 (Chuo Koron Shinsha), December 2025
About the book: Since the initial encounter between China and the Islamic world in the seventh century, Muslims arriving from the west and south have served as a vital catalyst for the advancement of successive Chinese dynasties, while embedding a rich and diverse cultural heritage across the region. This book explores how these individuals and their descendants navigated their relationship with Chinese civilization and to what extent they reshaped the fabric of Chinese society. Spanning from the maritime and overland trade of the Tang and Song eras to the administration of the Mongol Empire, the voyages of Zheng He, the Qing-era rebellions, the Xinhai Revolution, the Sino-Japanese War, and contemporary Xinjiang, this work elucidates a 1,400-year trajectory through the lens of global history.
中国とイスラーム世界が邂逅した七世紀以降、西方や南方から来華したムスリムは、歴代王朝の諸勢力が躍進する原動力となり、各地に豊かな文化を根づかせた。彼らとその末裔は、中華文明とどう向き合い、中国社会をどう変えたのか。本書は、唐宋代の交易からモンゴル帝国の統治、鄭和の大航海、清への反乱、辛亥革命と日中戦争、現代の新疆までを一望。時空を超えた一四〇〇年の軌跡を、世界史の視座から照らし出す。
About the author: Noriko Unno-Yamazaki was a HYI Visiting Fellow from 2015-16.