Annan Fabrics

…He also took an active role in the northeast, setting up the Jianzhou Wei to tether the Jurchens, and setting up the Nuer Gan Dusi in the lower reaches of the Heilongjiang River. In the south, he took advantage of the chaos in Vietnam to dispatch troops, setting up the Annan Government to place it under his direct control, and had the eunuch Zheng He lead a large fleet on a grand expedition from the South Seas to the Indian Ocean and even East Africa. The greatest significance of Zheng He's expedition was that it promoted tribute trade with foreign countries within the framework of the Hongwu Emperor's maritime ban policy, and it is thought that this was somewhat successful, but in later times it seems to have given impetus to overseas activities by the Chinese that violated the maritime ban. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Annan Nunosei" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…東北にも意を用い，建州衛を設けて女真族を羈縻（きび）し，黒竜江下流に奴児干（ぬるがん）都司を設けた。南方ではベトナムの混乱に乗じて出兵し，安南布政司を設けて直接支配下に置いたほか，宦官（かんがん）鄭和に大船団を率いさせ，南海からインド洋，さらに東アフリカに達する大遠征を行わせた。鄭和の遠征は，洪武帝の海禁政策のわくの中で，海外諸国の朝貢貿易を促進するところに，最大の意味があり，それはある程度成功を収めたと考えられるが，後の時代への影響としては，中国人の海禁を犯した海外活動を勢いづけたように思われる。…

※「安南布政司」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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