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Class notes HISTORY 262 (HIST262)
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Empires in Early Modern East Asia
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Empires in Early Modern East AsiaChoson Yi Korea (1392-1896)
- Yi Song-gye— King T’aejo (r. 1392-80)
- Sent to attack the Ming; attacked Koryo (935-1392) instead
- King Sejong (r. 1418-50)
- The two largely responsible for radical changes
- Confucianization
- Yanghan class structure
Choson Monarchy
- King- not emperor
- Less powerful than the Chinese emperor
- Tributary of China since 1401
- Dominance of factions
Yi political structure
- Capital in Seoul
- Central government: 6 ministries, censored
- 8 provinces— counties beneath them
- Use of examinations
- Modeled on the Ming Chinese; more so than in the Koryo
Imjin War (1592) and its impact
- Imjin – Renchen
- Invasions of Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1592 & 1597) – defeated with Ming help on both
occasions but costly
- Northeast Asian repercussions:
- Ming? Manchus?
- 1619: supported Ming against Manchus
- 1627, 1636: Manchu invasions of Korea – resulted in changing Chosŏn
allegiance to Manchus
- 2 centuries of peace followed – as Qing vassal
Seclusion
- Korea as “Hermit Kingdom” – true mainly for Westerners
- China – Chosŏn as a tributary state
- cf. Qing
- Japan – exchange of diplomatic missions & trade
- Tsushima island
- Korean envoys sent to Tokugawa Japan
- Japan–Korea–China
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