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Boundless winds of empire : rhetoric and ritual in early Chosŏn diplomacy with Ming China

Boundless winds of empire : rhetoric and ritual in early Chosŏn diplomacy with Ming China (Loan 1 times)

Material type
단행본
Personal Author
Wang, Sixiang.
Title Statement
Boundless winds of empire : rhetoric and ritual in early Chosŏn diplomacy with Ming China / Sixiang Wang.
Publication, Distribution, etc
New York :   Columbia University Press,   2023.  
Physical Medium
xxiii, 424 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
ISBN
9780231205467 9780231205474
요약
"For over two hundred years after its establishment in 1392, the Chosŏn dynasty of Korea enjoyed peaceful and generally stable relations with neighboring Ming China, which dwarfed it in size, population, and power. Such a long period of sustained peace is remarkable in the context of early modern world history, but it is all too easy to simply attribute it to the strength and extent of Chinese cultural and political domination over the Korean peninsula. Chosŏn drew upon classical Chinese paradigms of statecraft, political legitimacy, and cultural achievement. Meanwhile, Chosŏn's regular tribute to the Ming court, its envoys' paeans to Ming imperial glory, all appear as straightforward affirmations of Ming domination. Eternal Empire, Eternal Korea argues they conceal a much more subtle strategy of diplomatic and cultural negotiation. Through an examination of Korea's rhetorical and ritual engagement with the Ming, this book shows how the rulers, diplomats, and interpreters of Chosŏn inserted Korea into the Ming empire's legitimating strategies and asserted themselves as stakeholders in a shared imperial tradition"--
Content Notes
Preface -- Abbreviations -- Chronology -- Maps -- Introduction: Korea and the Imperial tradition -- Part I: The shared past -- Part II: The practice of diplomacy -- Part III: Ecumenical boundaries -- Part IV: An empire of letters -- Conclusion: The myth of moral empire -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Bibliography, Etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Added Entry-Topical Term
Diplomatic and consular service --Korea --History.
Subject Added Entry-Geographic Name
Korea --Foreign relations --China.
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520 ▼a "For over two hundred years after its establishment in 1392, the Chosŏn dynasty of Korea enjoyed peaceful and generally stable relations with neighboring Ming China, which dwarfed it in size, population, and power. Such a long period of sustained peace is remarkable in the context of early modern world history, but it is all too easy to simply attribute it to the strength and extent of Chinese cultural and political domination over the Korean peninsula. Chosŏn drew upon classical Chinese paradigms of statecraft, political legitimacy, and cultural achievement. Meanwhile, Chosŏn's regular tribute to the Ming court, its envoys' paeans to Ming imperial glory, all appear as straightforward affirmations of Ming domination. Eternal Empire, Eternal Korea argues they conceal a much more subtle strategy of diplomatic and cultural negotiation. Through an examination of Korea's rhetorical and ritual engagement with the Ming, this book shows how the rulers, diplomats, and interpreters of Chosŏn inserted Korea into the Ming empire's legitimating strategies and asserted themselves as stakeholders in a shared imperial tradition"-- ▼c Provided by publisher.
650 0 ▼a Diplomatic and consular service ▼z Korea ▼x History.
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651 0 ▼a China ▼x Foreign relations ▼z Korea.
651 0 ▼a Korea ▼x History ▼y Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910.
651 0 ▼a China ▼x History ▼y Ming dynasty, 1368-1644.
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Contents information

Table of Contents

Preface
Chronology
Maps
Introduction: Korea and the Imperial Tradition
Part I: The Shared Past
1. Serving the Great
2. Terms of Authority
Part II: The Practice of Diplomacy
3. Beneath the Veneer
4. In Empire’s Name
Part III: Ecumenical Boundaries
5. Cajoling Empire
6. Representing Korea
7. Contests of Ritual
Part IV: An Empire of Letters
8. The Brilliant Flowers
9. The Envoy’s Virtue
10. The East Does Not Submit
Conclusion: The Myth of Moral Empire
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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