Boundless winds of empire : rhetoric and ritual in early Chos̐uon diplomacy with Ming China / Sixiang Wang.
| Author/creator |
Wang, Sixiang author. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | New York : Columbia University Press, [2023] |
| Description | xxiii, 424 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Subject(s) |
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| Portion of title | Rhetoric and ritual in early Chos̐uon diplomacy with Ming China |
| Series | Premodern East Asia: new horizons Premodern East Asia--New horizons. ^A1415578 |
| Contents | Preface -- Abbreviations -- Chronology -- Maps -- Introduction: Korea and the Imperial tradition -- Part I: The shared past -- Part II: The practice of diplomacy -- Part III: Ecumenical boundaries -- Part IV: An empire of letters -- Conclusion: The myth of moral empire -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Abstract | "For over two hundred years after its establishment in 1392, the Chos̐uon dynasty of Korea enjoyed peaceful and generally stable relations with neighboring Ming China, which dwarfed it in size, population, and power. Such a long period of sustained peace is remarkable in the context of early modern world history, but it is all too easy to simply attribute it to the strength and extent of Chinese cultural and political domination over the Korean peninsula. Chos̐uon drew upon classical Chinese paradigms of statecraft, political legitimacy, and cultural achievement. Meanwhile, Chos̐uon's regular tribute to the Ming court, its envoys' paeans to Ming imperial glory, all appear as straightforward affirmations of Ming domination. Eternal Empire, Eternal Korea argues they conceal a much more subtle strategy of diplomatic and cultural negotiation. Through an examination of Korea's rhetorical and ritual engagement with the Ming, this book shows how the rulers, diplomats, and interpreters of Chos̐uon inserted Korea into the Ming empire's legitimating strategies and asserted themselves as stakeholders in a shared imperial tradition"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Wang, Sixiang. Boundless winds of empire New York : Columbia University Press, [2023] 9780231556019 |
| Genre/form | History. |
| LCCN | 2022047851 |
| ISBN | 9780231205474 |
| ISBN | 9780231205467 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0231205465 hardcover |
| ISBN | 0231205473 paperback |
| ISBN | electronic book |
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