haijin

(noun)

A series of related isolationist Chinese policies restricting private maritime trade and coastal settlement during most of the Ming dynasty.

Related Terms

  • aijin
  • Matteo Ricci

Examples of haijin in the following topics:

  • Europe's Early Trade Links

    • But the journeys, reported by Ma Huan, a Muslim voyager and translator, were halted abruptly after the emperor's death and were not followed up, as the Chinese Ming Dynasty retreated in the haijin, a policy of isolationism, having limited maritime trade.
  • The Role of Foreign Trade

    • In the early Ming, after the devastation of the war that expelled the Mongols, the Hongwu Emperor imposed severe restrictions on trade (the "haijin" or "sea ban").
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