Korean Envoys' Views On Daoguang Dynasty

In Daoguang Dynasty, China's destiny was in a major turning point, and thetraditional Suzerain-vassal relations faced with enormous challenges. During thisperiod, China and Korea keeped close ties and frequent exchanges, the relationsbetween them continued to maintain a harmonious development trend. The friendlyexchanges between the two countries constitute an integral part of the history ofSuzerain-vassal relations. This article use the precious literature of Yan Xinglu , aswell as other literature intend to survey Daoguang Dynasty in the eyes of the Koreanenvoys. The article focused on the relations between China and Korea during theDaoguang and the social situation in the eyes of the Korean envoys and Koreanenvoys' opinion of Qing Dynasty. Korean envoys not only saw the respect withprosperity of Daoguang Dynasty, also keenly aware of the various crises hidden behindthe prosperity. in the eyes of the Korean envoys, Daoguang Dynasty is a period withprosperity and crisis. Through their eyes, we can see a lifelike Daoguang Dynasty andappreciate the Korean envoys'opinion of Qing Dynasty deeply at that time. Throughanalysis we can see that the Korean envoys'opinion of Qing Dynasty includes twoaspects. On one hand, the Korean envoys still contempted and contravened QingDynasty in theri psychological;on the other hand,they recognized that Qing Dynasty isadvanced in many ways and advocates to learn from China. By analyzing the literaturewe can see the overall trend of the Korean envoys' opinion of Qing Dynasty: Koreanenvoys' feeling of boycott Qing Dynasty has weakened ,and most of the Koreanenvoys advocated to study Qing Dynasty actively including culture,science,technology and so on. This trend Laid the ideological foundation for relations'harmonious development between the two countries . Furthermore, some of themunderstanded the culture of Qing Dynasty more objective by cool think, and claimedlearn from Qing Dynasty should not be blind. There is no doubt that this mind hasimportant significance for Korean. Anyway, recognizing of the Korean envoys'opinionof Qing Dynasty provided us with a perspective to review the the relations betweenChina and Korea, it help us to grasp the development and the inherent characteristicsof relations between Korea and China in Qing Dynasty.