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This book discusses China's relations with Asian and African countries since the Han Dynasty in an all-round manner, taking a thematic narrative approach, including the Asian-African knowledge of ancient Chinese, the spread and influence of Buddhism and Islam in China, the transportation and trade between China and Asian and African countries, the exchange and influence between Chinese culture and neighboring countries, the sino-African relations under capitalization and colonization, the position and role of overseas Chinese in the relations between China and Asian-African countries, and the understanding of modern Chinese intellectuals in the World. With the major historical phenomena and events affecting the process of social development as the outline, the six problems in ancient times are summarized.