中国海外交通史是中国史的一门新发展起来的分支学科。是中外关系史的组成部分,也是世界史不可缺少的内容之一。过去学术界对这方面的研究,已经取得了一定的成效。老一荤史学家曾作出很大的贡献。但这个领域范围广阔,内容丰富,要基本搞清中国海外交通史的全貌,也不是轻而易举的。因此,对中国海外交通史的分期问题进行科学探讨 China’s overseas traffic history is a newly developed branch of Chinese history. Is an integral part of the history of Sino-foreign relations and one of the indispensable elements of world history. In the past, academic research in this area has achieved some success. The old historian has made a great contribution. However, this area is vast and rich in content. It is not easy to basically get a general picture of the history of China’s overseas traffic. Therefore, the history of China’s overseas traffic history of the issue of scientific discussions