The Collection Of Huanghua And Friendly Communication Between China And Korean

This paper is to make a systematic study of The Imperial Collection of Ming Dynasty and tries to discuss the influence of Sino-Korean poem-and-ode diplomacy in the cultural exchange through the diplomatic details recorded in it. First, the paper outlines the major background in which The Imperial Collection came into being, and analyses the origins of the special styles of The Imperial Collection. Then it studies the to and fro route of scholar envoys of Ming Dynasty in Korea and introduces the attractions which the Korean side offered to guide Ming envoys to visit. It in effect discusses why different styles of poems and odes included in The Imperial Collection generally share the same reciting content, and what diplomatic atmosphere Korea and Ming scholar envoys want to create. The paper once again discusses all kinds of circumstances concerning The Imperial Collection, including its versions, its authors, its literary value and its historical value. Finally, together with historical records and documents, this paper discusses the diversified Sino-Korean friendly exchanges mirrored from The Imperial Collection during Ming Dynasty. By The Imperial Collection and the diplomatic details revealed in the collection, this paper summarizes the diplomatic role scholar envoys played in Sino-Korean poem-and-ode diplomacy. This paper affirms the active meaning the Suzerain-Vassal State System had in the given historical period and praises the diplomatic wisdom the two sides exhibited to make a good diplomatic interaction within this system. It is this diplomatic wisdom that laid the foundation stone of Sino-Korean friendship during Ming Dynasty.