Turning toward edification : Foreigners in Choson Korea

2020·2.9 MB·English

by  Bohnet, Adam, author

Turning toward Edification

Turning toward Edification
Foreigners in Chosŏn Korea
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Adam Bohnet
University of Hawai‘i Press
Honolulu
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Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Reigns of Chosŏn Kings xiii
Map of the Korean Peninsula with Chosŏn Provinces xiv
Introduction 1
Chapter 1
Foreign Communities in Early Chosŏn 24
Chapter 2
Civilizing Barbarians and Rebellious Allies:
Japanese Defectors and Ming Deserters during the Imjin War 54
Chapter 3
Border Peoples and Flexible Loyalties in Chosŏn
during the Seventeenth Century 74
Chapter 4
Administration of Foreign Communities after the Wars 104
Chapter 5
Ritual Transformation of Foreign Communities 133
Chapter 6
New Narratives 164
Conclusion 192
Notes 199
Bibliography 237

Acknowledgments
This book, and the research underlying this book, took many years, during
which time I received help from a great many people and institutions. It is hard
to know where to begin, and I am certain to miss many people.
The topic of this book originated with my doctorial work at the University of
Toronto, and it owes much to my advisor, Andre Schmid, who shepherded me
through the process and who continued to provide advice throughout the pro-
cess. Bob Binnick taught me Manchu, and Timothy Brook kindly allowed me
to participate in his Classical Chinese seminars. They, along with Pamela Kyle
Crossley of Dartmouth and the late Vincent Shen, provided me with excellent
advice, which has contributed greatly to this book. I pursued my initial research
as a Korea Foundation field research fellow at Sogang University, at which time
I was greatly aided by Kim Han-kyu and Chong Du-hee, who allowed me to sit
in on their classes, and Chung In-chai, who gave me great support during my
fellowship. Jung Jiyoung and Kenneth Robinson were generous with both their
friendship and their knowledge. I also received great assistance from numerous
fellow graduate students (who have now gone on to greater things), at Sogang,
the University of Toronto, and elsewhere, including Desmond Cheung, Merose
Hwang, Kim Sungjo, Ko Sunho, Jeong Myeon, Lee Kyungsoon, Ihor Pidhainy,
Darryl Sterk, Joshua Van Lieu, and Lidu Yi.
I began writing this book in 2010–2011 as a Korea Foundation postdoctoral
fellow in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia
(UBC) and in 2011–2012 as Humanities Korea research professor at the Research
Institute for Korean Studies (RIKS), Korea University. I turned my full effort
toward writing, however, thanks to the financial support of an Academy Korean
Studies grant during 2013–2018. I owe enormous thanks to Nam-lin Hur, the
director of this grant, for his hard work in managing the grant and his patience
in putting up with my frequent tardiness, and I should acknowledge that he was
the initial guardian angel who brought me to UBC in 2009. Also at UBC, I
was greatly aided by Ross King, who sponsored my postdoctoral fellowship. At
RIKS, I owe thanks to countless scholars, including Kim Seonmin, Lee Hun,
Lee Sun-ae, and Yoon Wook, who invited me to their Manchu Studies seminar;
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