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In the mid-to-late nineteenth century, the Joseon dynasty faced dual pressures: the disintegration of the traditional suzerain?tributary order and the impact of the emerging modern international order. As a representative figure of Joseon’s moderate Enlightenment (Gaehwa) faction, Kim Yun-sik’s perception of Japan shifted in accordance with changes in the balance of power among Qing China, Joseon, and Japan, as well as transformations in Qing policy toward Joseon. In 1881, when he was dispatched to Tianjin as a yeongseonsa (special mission envoy), he came under the influence of Qing Self-Strengthening officials and developed a “pro-Qing, anti-Japan” outlook. After his exile to Myeoncheon in 1887, he continued to guard against Japanese encroachment in the economic and diplomatic spheres, while gradually coming to doubt the Qing’s capacity to protect Joseon. Following the First Sino-Japanese War, the Qing lost its hegemonic position in East Asia, and Japan further strengthened its control over Joseon. Confronted with the diplomatic predicament of a weak state, Kim Yun-sik consequently turned toward a strategy of “reliance on Japan for survival” (uiil doson). This “reliance on Japan” was motivated by his desire to preserve dynastic order and advance institutional reform; he treated Japan, provisionally, as an external power on which Joseon might depend. In essence, this was a strategic and expedient diplomatic choice by a weak state, rather than an unconditional endorsement of Japanese expansionism. This article traces the evolution of Kim Yun-sik’s perception of Japan from 1881 to 1897, and uses these intellectual shifts to illuminate concurrent changes in Joseon domestic politics and in the broader East Asian configuration of Sino?Korean?Japanese relations.

저자

• 강수옥
• 殷冉悦

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간행물

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• 간행물명

  동북아 문화연구 [Journal of North-east Asian Cultures]

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  계간

• pISSN

  1598-3692

• 수록기간

  2001~2026

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 910 DDC 950