朝鮮後期 官撰史料를 통해 본 중국인 漂流 사건의 처리

Abstract

This study looks into how Joseon saved Chinese drifters at sea and sent them back to China, and how the repatriation procedure took root based on the actual incident of Chinese seamen having been cast ashore in late Joseon Dynasty. An in-depth analysis of this case study has identified that the repatriation of Chinese drifters was split into three different periods of time, with different characteristics. The first period was when the repatriation procedure started to get established following confusion in the early days of the Qing Dynasty in China. The Joseon Dynasty’s repatriation procedure for Chinese adopted ”the consultation in the Year of Gisa” (己巳年, 1689) as the basic framework and was established until the 1730s with more content added in later years. The second period was between the 1740s and the 1830s when the repatriation procedure was operating stably. In addition to repatriation of drifters, a variety of matters, including dealing with shipped goods, drifted boats, distribution goods for drifters and handling the deceased among drifters, were also taken care of in a flexible manner due to a successful settlement of proper repatriation policies through a treaty between the two countries. The third period was characterized by confusion of repatriation with the invasion of western powers after the 1840s. Joseon still had its repatriation policy for China in place. However, since things were quite complicated at the time, Chinese drifters were repatriated in a variety of ways and passive measures were taken amid the confusion.