Ginseng and Borderland: Territorial Boundaries and Political Relations Between Qing China and Choson Korea, 1636-1912

Seonmin Kim

Open Access Published by University of California Press 2017

Ginseng and Borderland

Territorial Boundaries and Political Relations Between Qing China and Choson Korea, 1636-1912

Seonmin Kim

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780520968714

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Ginseng and Borderland explores the territorial boundaries and political relations between Qing China and Choson Korea during the period from the early seventeenth to the late nineteenth centuries. By examining a unique body of materials written in Chinese, Manchu, and Korean, and building on recent studies in New Qing History, Seonmin Kim adds new perspectives to current understandings of the remarkable transformation of the Manchu Qing dynasty (1636–1912) from a tribal state to a universal empire. This book discusses early Manchu history and explores the Qing Empire’s policy of controlling Manchuria and Choson Korea. Kim also contributes to theKorean history of the Choson dynasty (1392–1910) by challenging conventional accounts that embrace a China-centered interpretation of the tributary relationship between the two polities, stressing instead the agency of Choson Korea in the formation of the Qing Empire. This study demonstrates how Koreans interpreted and employed this relationship in order to preserve the boundary—and peace—with the suzerain power. By focusing on the historical significance of the China-Korea boundary, this book defines the nature of the Qing Empire through the dynamics of contacts and conflicts under both the cultural and material frameworks of its tributary relationship with Choson Korea.

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Kim Seonmin :

Seonmin Kim is Associate Professor at the Research Institute of Korean Studies at Korea University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
List of Illustrations and Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Note on Transcriptions and Conventions Publicly Available Download PDF	xii
Note on Weights and Measures Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Introduction Open Access Download PDF	1
1. From Frontier to Borderland Open Access Download PDF	19
2. Making the Borderland Open Access Download PDF	47
3. Managing the Borderland Open Access Download PDF	77
4. Movement of People and Money Open Access Download PDF	105
5. From Borderland to Border Open Access Download PDF	129
Conclusion Open Access Download PDF	153
Notes Open Access Download PDF	161
Bibliography Open Access Download PDF	189
Glossary Open Access Download PDF	205
Index Open Access Download PDF	217