纵观中国明代与中亚诸国的关系,有两个特别值得注意的时期,或者说出现了两次交往的高潮,这就是永乐朝(1403—1424)和嘉靖朝(1522—1566)。前期主要表现在与帖木儿帝国的交往,后期则偏重于同奥斯曼帝国的关系。一十四世纪后期和十五世纪初期,在亚洲的东西屹立着两个疆域辽阔,实力强大的帝国,这就是崛起于中亚的帖木儿帝国和雄踞远东的大明帝国。洪武、永乐年间,这两帝国之间的交往, Looking at the relationship between the Ming Dynasty and Central Asian countries in the Ming Dynasty, there are two particularly noteworthy periods, or the two climaxes of exchanges, namely the Yongle (1403-1424) and Jiajing (1522-1566). The first period was mainly manifested in the interaction with the Timurid empire, but the latter tended to emphasize the relationship with the Ottoman Empire. In the late fourteenth and early fifteenth century, two vast and powerful empires stood in Asia, the Timurid Empire rising in Central Asia and the Ming Empire dominating the Far East. Hongwu, Yongle years, the interaction between the two empires,