조선 태종대 대명의식과 여진 정벌(征伐)

Abstract

In the early days of Chosun Dynasty, animated activities of outside conquest were extraordinarily done. The conquest of Yeojin which occupied the mainstream of outside conquest, made it unavoidable to collide against the interest with Ming Dynasty which had been nominally ruling this area. To think of this fact, it is comprehended that the submission to the stronger which Chosun Dynasty put up with founding its nation, had a considerable limit. In conclusion, Chosun Dynasty not so much recognized submission to the stronger as value to be necessarily kept as exploited it to give some justification to their own political deeds. Without doubt, Chosun Dynasty preferred attaining the current government when the two principles conflicted with each other. In case that following the stronger was judged to be against a nation’s interests, they did not obstinately follow it. This means that submission to the stronger had not choice but to be attached to the absolute value of a nation’s protection. At the same time, it is shown that the submission to the stronger in Chosun Dynasty did not mean the national interests. The Conquest of Moryun-wee made in 1410 (10th Period of Taejong Epoch) was taken as a military action which the intention for obtaining the initiative of Chosun for the area of the Yeojin was strongly reflected. The conquest of Yeojin during Taejong Epoch was shown differently from that of the post, which means collateral evidence that it made a surprise attack on the enemy by mobilizing the minority of elite troops rather than overwhelmed the opponents by raising a large force in Chosun at that time. In spite of it, since the Chosun Army succeeded in carrying out the raid operations, they were able to win the great wartime accomplishments despite having mobilized the comparatively small troops. Chosun insisted the fake logic that they had not known that the chiefs of Yeojin were not given public posts of Ming Dynasty with informing Ming of the result of conquest. Together, they also tried to explain that The Conquest of Moryun-wee was not regarded as the decision from the national level but as the response to the change of location against the invasion of foreign enemies. This is also, I’d say, the situation showing the limit of awareness against Ming Dynasty which Chosun Dynasty had.