Historian Duan Zhiqiang explores road dangers and the emergent travel industry in China’s Ming and Qing eras
Modern travelers nowadays are lucky to rely on a range of safe, comfortable transportation to reach their desired destination—from high-speed trains to airplanes and everything in between. What’s more, we can count on many easily available sources of information to stay constantly updated on the specifics of our journey. But what about travel in historic times? What challenges did our ancestors face on the road, and how did their way of traveling differ from ours?
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