1623・1624년의 중국 정치 ― 李民宬・李德泂・洪翼漢의 『朝天錄』을 중심으로

Abstract

In 1623, I Jong(李倧) of Korea Seized power with a coup, shortly thereafter and the following year, He sent two diplomatic missions to Beijing for his coronation. These diplomats wrote a lot of travel notes. The travel notes have attracted the attention of the academia, but I think there are some problems in the current researches, such as confusing the tributary system and the colonial system, only seeing Korea was far away from China, can not to see more complicated ties between two countries, ignoring the moral responsibility of China as the suzerain state, only criticizing Chinese political corruption, can not to tell the difference between the political corruption and the political strategies, only saw the decline of social atmosphere, can not to see the Chinese deep social spirit and vitality. This paper focuses on whether to give Korean king canonization, discussing in 1623 and 1624, Chinese political conflict and compromise between the ideal and the reality, political administrative pattern, bureaucratic paperwork and its function in Ming Dynasty. I will investigate the state power, imperial power, officials power, even official servants power from the perspective of game theory, discuss Korean diplomats how to use the opportunities to maximize their own interests, reveal Chinese political difficulties and chronic illness in 1623 and 1624.