18~19세기 중반 서양물품의 조선 유입과 洋物禁斷論

Abstract

In the 16th century, European merchants and missionaries entered East Asia, and from this, a true global exchange took place. Goods played an important mediating role in this East-West exchange. The merchant's goal was to trade goods, and missionaries used various goods to spread Catholicism. Not only China and Japan, which had exchanges with Western countries, but also Joseon, which had no direct contact, understood the Western world through these goods. Western goods were not just objects, but the result of Westerners' scientific and cultural capabilities, so they had a great influence on Western perception. Commodities are a very important subject in the study of the relationship between Joseon and the West, but research on Western products has not been actively conducted. Fortunately, related research has recently been conducted so that it is possible to roughly understand the inflow process of Western goods, but it is still not enough. Especially it is regrettable that there is a lack of interest in the historical field. Based on the existing research results, this study aims to examine the inflow of Western goods from the 18th century when the relationship between the two countries began to stabilize before the opening of the port. What I was curious about was the historical context in which conservative Confucian scholars advocated the exclusion of Western goods in the mid-19th century. In other words, it is intended to examine what Western goods were introduced, what was the perception of such goods, and how the argument for exclusion emerged. I hope this study will help us understand the ideological context of Western goods.