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Abstract

In the early Joseon Dynasty, there were many Japanese had emigrated from their country, many Chinese which had come from China. Among them, number of people emigrated from Japan had been expanded over thousands of group. But Chinese immigrants group were smaller than Japanese's and had not been remarkable without enough historical documents. But the Chinese immigrants had an important role in accepting chinese advanced culture and building relationship with Ming(China) in the early Joseon Dynasty. And they had received a lot of attention and interest from Joseon Government with differentiated treatment from others. The Chinese immigrants who had played activities in the early Joseon were about 30 people. Even though they were smaller than Japanese, they had done much contribution in part of cultural exchange and diplomacy during the foundation of Joseon's Dynasty. Originally, they had expatriate themselves to Goryeo or Josoen in order to avoid the turbulent international unsecurity during the shift from Won to Ming, the political inconsistency at the Won's Dynasty and a uprising civil war called ‘Hongunjeok’. Their movement to Joseon had been happened mainly from the end of Goryeo's Dynasty to the early of Joseon Dynasty. They had received economic treatment warmly, could had married to, could had got government offices at the Joseon Dynasty. Especially, we can find some distinct characteristics at activities of their government service. They had taken charge of literary arts, diplomatic relationship, and ceremony as a foreign status. They had show their prominent abilities at the diplomatic field and at the drawing out diplomatic documents to be sent to China. Moreover, they had lead to receive and settle the foreign civilization. They had got a government offices, had served to assist Joseon's kings or to offer consulting service to Joseon's kings with taking charge of literary arts, diplomacy and ceremony. They had taken charge of building many social systems and bases at the political policy which Joseon's Dynasty should had equipped as people who had already experienced the advanced culture. They had entered into government office which were general officials or technocrats, and among them, some Chinese immigrants who had passed the civil service examination under the dynasty had launched into the Ministers, These facts can be compared with Japanese's activities whose they had received mainly military offices. And when we study their activities, the main role of the Japanese immigrants was focused on to play a role to military ones, to migrate their family, to inform Japanese situation and movements.