청말 『點石齋畫報』의 儒家 조선에 대한 인식 변화

Abstract

This article examines the Dianshizhai Pictorial’s process of transforming the imaginary delineation of East Asian cultural boundary into the physical demarcation of Chinese national boundary by comparing its Korea-related illustrations produced before and after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95. Before the Sino-Japanese War, the Dianshizhai Pictorial usually regarded Korea as the Qing empire’s closest East Asian neighbor and its most devoted tribute-paying country. It was particularly interested in Confucian culture and civilization in Korea and found Confucian and scholarly Korea to be interesting enough to attract its Chinese readers. Its visual and textual representation of Confucian Korea was very positive, and its positive view was evident in its illustrations about Korean scholars’ Confucian cultivation and cultural resemblance between China and Korea. These illustrations prove that the Dianshizhai Pictorial considered Confucian Korea to be within the imaginary boundary where Confucian culture and civilization were strongly functioning. By considering the surge of patriotic sentiment during the Sino-Japanese War as one of the critical transitional moments in the Chinese view of Korea, this article investigates the Dianshizhai Pictorial’s transformation from the imaginary delineation of East Asian cultural boundary to the physical demarcation of Chinese national boundary and how Korea was excluded in this remapping of national boundary.