Abstract：The tributary system, as the institutional design of the “Chinese and foreign order”, is externalized from the“differential order pattern” in China’s ancient society into international relations. It reflects the tradition of paying attention to etiquette and morality in foreign cultural exchanges. The foreign cultural exchanges and barter exchanges carried out by the Ming and Qing Dynasties under the tribute system mainly include the political culture of canonizing vassal kings and outputting management as well as disseminating Confucian classics and Chinese characters, conducting territory rituals in vassal countries, encouraging cultural exchanges and artistic creation between literati and craftsmen, arranging the worship of cultural landmarks and the appreciation of artistic performances, controlling the “cultural trade” of artistic treasures such as porcelain, jade and jewelry, etc. As the system design of the social order is dominated by the Ming and Qing royal courts, the tributary system not only maintained national peace and promoted economic and trade exchanges, but also played a diplomatic role in cultural exchange and cultural communication to a certain extent. On the premise that the vassal states complied with the Confucian orthodoxy of China, the Ming and Qing society led the tributary countries to be diverse and equal, and built a world order of “admitting the uniqueness of every culture, cherishing the diversity and integrity of all cultural groups” and “unity the world with harmony”.
向勇. 明清朝贡体制下的文化交流与实物往来[J]. 《深圳大学学报》（人文社科版）, 2021, 38(5): 5-8.
XIANG Yong. The Cultural Communication and Barter Exchange of the Tributary System in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. , 2021, 38(5): 5-8.
2021, Vol. 38 
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