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A Study on Chinese Official Interpreters who are Naturalized － based on the records of the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty
Journal of Chinese Language and Literature
2016,
(73), pp.381-405
DOI : 10.15792/clsyn..73.201612.381
Publisher : Chinese Literary Society Of Yeong Nam
Research Area : Chinese Language and Literature
DOI : 10.15792/clsyn..73.201612.381
Publisher : Chinese Literary Society Of Yeong Nam
Research Area : Chinese Language and Literature
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The history says that China and the Korean Peninsula have exchanged human resources and goods for thousands years. Since the Ming Dynasty and the Joseon Dynasty had a very complicated relationship politically, the Joseon Dynasty had to approval of its legitimacy from the Ming Dynasty which was more powerful than Joseon. Economically, Zhu Yuanzhang(朱元璋), the founder of the Ming Dynasty did not allow seaborne trade with Joseon and forced Joseon to conduct tributary trade upon establishment of his country. Moreover, the lowered level of interpreters from Joseon was raised by Zhu in this background, and in order to cope with the issue from the Ming Dynasty, Joseon started to hire the Chinese who were naturalized as Joseon citizens. The purpose of this study is to review the situations of the Chinese interpreters who were naturalized as Joseon citizens based up the Annals of the Joseon Dynasty and other issues such as various kinds of titles, types of interpreters throughout the representative interpreters, Li Xiang (李相), Xu Shiying(徐士英), Zhang Xian(張顯), Zhang Chongde(曹崇德).
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