Foreign Devils on the Silk Road

 
   What do you think about earlier explorers' moving Chinese relics to their countries? Here comes Foreign Devils on the Silk Road. From the ancient China to Europe, there were several roads enabling people to perform mutual interchanges. It is worth traveling such long roads where were wonderful things which couldn’t be described in words over there. One of the very important items was the article ‘Silk’ made in China, so the road was named the Silk Road. Unlike today’s severe screening on exports done by China, it was somewhat easy to carry out due to a confusing circumstances in China. Earlier explorers who visited China for the purpose of researching the ‘Silk Road’ took them to their country. This is a problem: 'Was it right for them to do these things?' Western historians who advocate explorers say that there shouldn't be any dispute on that problem. They did pay equivalent value for bringing them, so we should perceive it as a deal, not deprivation. They add one more thing as well. If there were not enough people taking care of them, we would not even be aware of their existence. In fact, many of the relics now in China have been damaged a lot by the Islamic farmers of China for complicated reasons and so on. On the other hand, China naturally condemned their deeds. They insist that relics are valuable when they are in their natural condition even though they are under inclement circumstances resulting in damage.


By Kim In-hwan
Sophomore Department of Economics

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