Ming Dynasty Shipbuilding Technology from the Chronicle of Longjiang Shipyard

Abstract

This study analyzes the shipbuilding techniques of gongjiang, the types of ships, and the materials, labor, and management systems used in their production, in order to clarify the institutional factors that influenced the development of shipbuilding technology in the Ming Dynasty in China. Research Perspective: This study examines the shipbuilding technology and management systems of the Ming Dynasty in China from the perspective of traditional Chinese design theory. Research Method: This study uses hermeneutics as the core method, combined with interdisciplinary research. Research Conclusion: "Longjiang Shipyard Records" provides a comprehensive perspective for studying the shipbuilding industry in the Ming Dynasty. Among them, the theoreticalization of shipbuilding technology and the systematization of the shipbuilding industry management system are the internal driving forces that promote the development of shipbuilding technology in the Ming Dynasty in China, and are the most intuitive manifestation of the technological development characteristics of gongjiang in the Ming Dynasty under the core ideas of Zhou Yi and Zhou Li .

Keywords: Chronicle of Longjiang Shipyard, Theoreticalization of Technology, Systematization of Management

DOI: 10.54941/ahfe1005599