淸의 駐韓公館과 韓淸 近代外交

Abstract

This study examined the way in which the Qing dynasty had introduced the diplomatic office system through unequal treaties and the Western international law books and figured out the relevance between Qing’s diplomatic offices in Korea and Sino-Korean modern diplomacy. In particular, this article paid attention to the manifestation that rationality and empireness of the diplomatic offices appeared and the aspect that the traditional diplomacy and modern diplomacy competed.<BR> Qing’s diplomatic offices in Korea can be explained in terms of rationality and empireness, and the change of Qing’s diplomatic offices in Korea can be divided into the following two periods. The first phase is the founding period of the Qing’s diplomatic offices in Korea. In this period, Qing aimed at making the Chosun her vassal state through the Commercial Affair Office. Qing made use of modern diplomacy and traditional diplomacy arbitrarily. The second phase is the completing period of the Qing’s diplomatic offices in Korea. In this period, the minister or consul had developed to enhance the rationality of modern diplomacy using treaties and Western international law but had to defend against Korean or Japanese empireness.<BR> This study has the following meanings in terms of supplementation of prior research and expansion of research horizon. First, this article revealed that Qing’s empireness before the Sino-Japanese War came from both traditional diplomacy and modern diplomacy. Therefore, preceding researches that have judged Qing’s Chosun policy traditional or modern need to be reconsidered. Second, this article discovered the rationality of modern diplomacy in proceeding with Sino-Korean relations. Several preceding kinds of research did not stress the development of Sino-Korean relations. It is clear that the rationality of modern diplomacy increased at this time.