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- Title
明朝與馬六甲王朝之關係: 戰略前沿的建立和喪失.
- Authors
陳鴻瑜
- Abstract
Although Malacca can not claim to be successor to the Sri-Vijaya empire, it can still be regarded as a remnant of that empire that survived its fall. Malacca developed from a small fishing village into a state that once controlled the Malacca Strait. Under the reign of Mansur Shah, Malacca expanded to occupy Rokan, Indragiri, Siak and Kampar; Pahang, Terengganu, Kelantan, Johor and Kedah became vassal states of Malacca. A key factor in Malacca’s success was her dependence upon China’s support and protection in preventing invasion by Siam. The Ming empire took control of the two ports in the Strait of Malacca, Palembang and Malacca, and Malacca became the forward stronghold of the Ming empire in the Western seas. However, in the end Malacca was unable to resist Western naval strength, falling into Portuguese hands with Ming China powerless to come to her aid. The Strait of Malacca had seemingly formed part of the strategic line around Ming China; with this strategic line broken, Western powers would gradually be able to close in on the coast of China herself. Consequently, Portuguese ships landed in Macau in 1557, for the first time allowing a Western power to establish a bridgehead in China. Clearly, the fall of Malacca to Portugal had a serious impact on the coastal defense of China.
- Subjects
STRAIT of Malacca; CHINA; MING dynasty, China, 1368-1644; CHINESE naval history; POWER (Social sciences); VILLAGES; HISTORY
- Publication
Chinese Studies / Hanxue Yanjiu, 2010, Vol 28, Issue 4, p139
- ISSN
0254-4466
- Publication type
Article