The Influence Of Modern Treaty System To The Tributary Relationship Between China And Vietnam

This paper mainly discusses the influence of modern treaty system to the tributary relationship between China and Vietnam. The establishment of modern treaty system undermines the basis for the existence of the tributary relationship between China and Vietnam, eventually led to the end of the tributary relationship between China and Vietnam; modern treaty system also indirectly contributed to the emergence of modern Chinese diplomatic institutions establishment, the modern mode of production and the production of modern thought and culture. Study on the influence of modern treaty system on the tributary relationship between China and Vietnam, is not only beneficial to explore the historical reason end of the tributary relationship between China and Vietnam, the more help to the development of the good neighborly friendly diplomatic relations today.The tributary relationship between China and Vietnam from Vietnam to become an independent country after the beginning of the establishment of the two countries, but also experienced the Tributary Relations between Song Dynasty period, and then to further development of Yuan Dynasty, Ming Dynasty, until finally the Tributary Relations has become the custom exchanges between the two countries. Before the invasion of Western powers, the Qing Dynasty and Vietnam, Nguyen Xi shan towards keeping the tributary relationship. Vietnam regularly to the China tributary, the canonization of Vietnam China king. The canonization can safeguard the legitimate status of Vietnamese kings in the domestic, but China to Vietnam is never interfere in the internal affairs and diplomacy. And the Tributary Relations as relations between country and country specific to Asia, for a long time to maintain security and stability of the Asian region. Both the tributary relationship continued until 1885 "Sino French Book Vietnam treaty" signed and announce to end.Modern treaty system as a modern western countries maintain an important link between countries, is accompanied by the establishment of the modern international law, and gradually perfect. In modern times, due to the development of western capitalism, the West needs to expand its overseas market, came to Asia, they through the force between China and Vietnam signed a number of unequal treaties. The two Opium War, the Qing government was forced to with the big powers to sign a series of unequal treaties, the treaty will China into modern treaty system. The French colonial conquest of Vietnam never relax, it launched a war of aggression against many of Vietnam, and signed the Treaty of Xi gong and the two Treaty of hue and, through the signing of these treaties, modern treaty system in Vietnam has also formed.The establishment of modern treaty system ultimately make sustained nearly a millennium of the tributary relationship between China and Vietnam gradually crumble.First of all, the treaty that established the system destroyed the economic base of the tributary relationship between China and Vietnam, the natural economic base of the tributary relationship between China and Vietnam for the existence of doesn’t exist. The treaty between the two countries open trade, the influx of foreign goods in domestic, bilateral traditional natural economy had a devastating effect, so that the two countries are incorporated into the scope of the world economic system, the result has a dual role. On the one hand, the two countries become the western colonists access to cheap raw materials and labor, dumping products, on the other hand to promote the emergence and development of the two countries of the capitalist relations of production, the traditional feudal society have great impact and disintegration of natural economy effect, based so that the tributary relationship between China and Vietnam for the existence of doesn’t exist.Secondly, the establishment of treaty system changed the tributary relationship between China and Vietnam political structure of the original, the new modern diplomatic organization created. The establishment of a series of treaties after the Opium War, China has gradually drawn into the modern treaty system net. The Chinese traditional feudal political structure has changed, this change should be said is a political response to the Qing government to deepen the invasion of Western powers. The change of political structure and surface look is locally change the Qing government in order to facilitate the foreign exchanges and do, but in fact the effect not only of these. The establishment of diplomatic institutions new affirmation to discard the old diplomatic concept between China and Vietnam, and the old diplomacy is to pay tribute this way, so that China and Vietnam tributary relations already can not adapt to the emergence of new China state institutions, and ultimately to the end of the tributary relationship.Again, the establishment of treaty system broke the traditional concept of structure of the tributary relationship between China and Vietnam, to make it to the modern transformation of equality, integrity as the foundation of diplomatic philosophy. The introduction of western culture, on the one hand introduced modern ideas of scientific, democratic, make people accept new ideas and thoughts, thus to reform the feudal society also foreshadowed. Due to the changes in Chinese people’s ideas and concepts, the traditional "Hua xia center theory" and "the world" concept began to change, which promoted the emergence of modern new ideas. Some intellectuals who are aware of China must abandon the conservative, self closing, self centred China concept, attitude, integrity equal to relations with other countries, such China will not be abandoned by time. It is also in constant contact with the open country and Western countries, modern consciousness of Chinese people has been awakened, in modern treaty system under the influence of the two countries, the tributary concept is gradually in the transformation, until it disappeared.Finally, the treaty that established the system fundamentally changed the Far East international relations system has long been a Chinese as the center, it is replaced by a new western powers as the center of the modern colonial system. To sign a series of unequal treaties in modern times, seriously damaged the Sino Vietnam’s sovereignty, Chinese political status declined gradually, and Vietnam have lost sovereignty of its diplomatic, political basis for the maintenance of tributary relationship does not exist.