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

244 Pages·2017·3.592 MB·English

by  Seonmin Kim

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Ginseng and Borderland

Ginseng and Borderland
Territorial Boundaries and Political Relations between
Qing China and Chosŏn Korea, 1636–1912
Seonmin Kim
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© 2017 by Seonmin Kim
Suggested citation: Kim, Seonmin. Ginseng and Borderland: Territorial
Boundaries and Political Relations between Qing China and Chosŏn Korea,
1636–1912. Oakland: University of California Press, 2017. doi: https://doi.
org/10.1525/luminos.36
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Contents
List of Illustrations and Tables vii
Acknowledgments ix
Note on Transcriptions and Conventions xii
Note on Weights and Measures xiii
Introduction 1
1. From Frontier to Borderland 19
2. Making the Borderland 47
3. Managing the Borderland 77
4. Movement of People and Money 105
5. From Borderland to Border 129
Conclusion 153
Notes 161
Bibliography 189
Glossary 205
Index 217
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Illustrations And Tables
FIGURES
1. Ginseng 23
2. Hetu Ala and its surrounding area 32
3. Nurhaci receiving the honorary title of Genggiyen Han 37
4. Changbaishan 53
5. P’yesagundo (map of the Four Closed Counties) 64
6. Paektusan chǒnggyebi chido (map of the stele of Changbaishan) 67
7. Willow Palisade 80
8. The Fenghuangcheng gate, the Yalu River, and Ŭiju 94
9. Sanhaegwan tongnasŏng (eastern rampart of Shanhaiguan) 108
10. Choyangmun (Gate of Rising Sun) 114
11. Chogong (tributary ritual) 117
12. Changbaishan and the Tumen riverhead 147
MAPS
1. Qing Manchuria and the Korean peninsula xiv
2. The Jurchen-Chosŏn frontier 18
3. The Qing-Chosŏn borderland 76
4. The Chosŏn tributary embassy’s travel route 104
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