<燕行錄>的史料價値(之一)

Abstract

A large number of ambassadors of Koryo and Korea left for China from 13th century to the end of 19th century, which are Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasty in China. Some of them wrote YonHaengRok, which became an important document to study this 700-year history. Foreigners recorded what they saw and heard in China, and some of them were not suprising for Chinese people at that time; some of them were closely guarded as secrets; and some of them were burned down and buried in oblivion because of politics. All of them are the historical documents that China needs urgently today. Korea has put out these precious documents in the past 20 years. Therefore it is essential to introduce them to Chinese academic circles. The DongGuk University Publishing House has printed 100 copies, whose content includes the historical events from the end of Song Dynasty to the end of Qing Dynasty in 700 years. This article introduces the historical events from JiaJing to WanLi in Ming Dynasty in 16th century.