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

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

Author： Kim Seonmin  

Publisher： University Of California Press‎

Publication year： 2017

E-ISBN: 9780520968714

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780520295995

Subject： K3 Asian History

Keyword： 亚洲史

Language： ENG

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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 Empi

Chapter

Cover

Series page

Half title page

Title page

Copyright page

Contents

Illustrations And Tables

Acknowledgments

Note On Transcriptions And Conventions

Note On Weights And Measures

Introduction

1 From Frontier to Borderland

2 Making The Borderland

3 Managing the Borderland

4 Movement of People and Money

5 From Borderland to Border

Conclusion

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Figures

Figure 1. Ginseng. From Li Shizhen

Figure 2. Hetu Ala and its surrounding area

Figure 3. Nurhaci receiving the honorary title of Genggiyen Han of the Aisin Gurun in 1616

Figure 4. Changbaishan

Figure 5. P’yesagundo (map of the Four Closed Counties), early nineteenth century

Figure 6. Paektusan chǒnggyebi chido (map of the stele of Changbaishan), date unknown

Figure 7. Willow Palisade

Figure 8. The Fenghuangcheng gate, the Yalu River, and Ŭiju

Figure 9. Sanhaegwan tongnasŏng (eastern rampart of Shanhaiguan), circa 1784

Figure 10. Choyangmun (Gate of Rising Sun), circa 1784

Figure 11. Chogong (tributary ritual), circa 1784

Figure 12. Changbaishan and the Tumen riverhead

Maps

Map 1. Qing Manchuria and the Korean peninsula.

Map 2. The Jurchen-Chosŏn frontier.

Map 3. The Qing-Chosŏn borderland.

Map 4. The Chosŏn tributary embassy’s travel route.

Tables

Table 1 The ginseng-gathering privileges of princes and aristocrats by rank.

Table 2 The size of the p’alp’o trade.

Table 3 Change in the number of ginseng permits from the 1760s to 1850s.

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