Abstract
Throughout the Silk Road, European commodities such as glass, discoveries in geometry and astronomy, but also Christianity or legal teaching flowed into China for centuries. Of course, silk came to us from China, but also their great inventions: paper, gunpowder, compass, paper money or noodles.
The book by lawyer and sinologist Michal Tomášek is not only about the interaction of legal cultures, but also of spiritual and scientific values. Through the Silk Road, Chinese society was influenced by Buddhism but also by Islam.
The Chinese operated on the Silk Road by land in Tibet, Central Asia or the Mongols, and Europeans later reached the Silk Road by sea. The author traces the extent to which individual European nations have been successful in China, without neglecting the Czech footprint.
Today's Chinese like to look back on their great millennial history, so the book answers many questions about the current development of China, including its New Silk Road project.