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쓰시마, 교류의 섬으로 변하다
Tsushima, Transformed into an island of exchange When talking about the historical relationship between Tsushima Island and the Korean Peninsula during the Joseon Dynasty, we often talk about ‘peaceful exchanges through the coming and going of Tongsinsa’ or the areas where such peaceful exchanges took place. Anyone who has visited Tsushima Island will know that it is full of things symbolizing peaceful exchange during the Joseon Dynasty, including paintings of Tongsinsa procession seen throughout Izuhara, exhibits related to Tongsinsa at Tsushima Museum, and Arirang Matsuri, an annual local festival. However, there does not seem to be much information about when these peaceful exchanges began during the Joseon Dynasty and whether the exchanges were only carried out through Izuhara. Therefore, it is easy to overlook the fact that Tsushima Island was an island of conflict and strife rather than exchange in the early Joseon Dynasty. Conflicts cannot necessarily be viewed negatively because there are positive aspects in which peaceful relationships are sought and exchanges are activated in the process of resolving conflicts and strife. In this article, we will look into Tsushima and Joseon before the Izuhara period, a symbolic place of exchange. We will sequentially look at Tsushima, which was in repeated conflict with Joseon, the period when conflict turned into exchange, and the place in charge of exchange until the government office was moved to Izuhara and identify the starting point of peaceful exchange.
Shim Min-jeong, Research Professor, Pukyong National University Marine Humanities Research Institute
러일전쟁 현장 방문, 쓰시마해전의 의미를 되새기다
Visit the site of the Russo-Japanese War and reflect on the meaning of the Battle of Tsushima The morning of May 27, 1905, when the Battle of Tsushima during the Russo-Japanese War(1904-1905) took place, was covered with thick fog. Nine years ago, on this day in 1896, the coronation ceremony of Russian Emperor Nicholas(Николай) II was held in Moscow. This coronation ceremony was also attended by King Gojong’s special envoy Min Yeong-hwan and his party, who departed from Jeumulpo and arrived at Nodo (露都) via the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Admiral Rozhdestvensky (З.П.Рожественский), a commander of Russia’s 2nd Pacific Fleet, prepared for battle by raising the flag high in commemoration of the emperor’s coronation at 8 a.m. He knew well that for the Russian fleet to pass through the Korean Strait and reach Vladivostok, a battle with the Japanese fleet was inevitable. This also meant that the victory or defeat of the Battle of Tsushima was linked to the fate of the Korean Empire and Imperial Russia.
Choi Deok-gyu, Research Fellow of the Korea-China Relations History Research Center
“벽안의 한학자, 그의 눈에 비친 동아시아학”
“The blue-eyed Chinese scholar, East Asian studies through his eyes” Since receiving his doctoral degree from Stanford University in 1983, Professor L. Shaughnessy has been actively conducting research in various fields, including ancient Chinese history, history of thought, and paleography. He is a veteran who has led the Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Chicago for several decades, which has the largest presence in East Asian studies in Europe and America and is currently considered the most authoritative research in the field of Chinese studies in Europe and America. Despite being 71 years old, we met in the seminar room of the Department of Oriental History at Seoul National University to look back on his academic career and hear about his future plans, as he is expected to continue to be active in the future.
Intervieweeㅣ Professor Edward Shaughnessy, University of Chicago Interviewerㅣ Lee Yoo-pyo, Research Fellow, Korea-China Relations Research Institute Foundation
미국 워싱턴 D.C.에서 찾은 작은 비석, 그 속에 깃든 한미외교사
A small monument found in Washington D.C., USA. Korean American diplomatic history embedded in it “The young son of Lee Chae-yeon, a Korean charge d'affaires, has died. The child was born in Washington City in October of last year and was the first Korean born in the United States. The child’s parents named him ‘Ye Washon’, a Korean translation of Washington, where he was born (the name was engraved on the tombstone).”
Kang Imsan, Director of the U.S. Office of the Overseas Cultural Heritage Foundation
외부 문화를 수용해 만들어 낸 독특한 장례 전통, 고구려 고분벽화
A small monument found in Washington D.C., USA. Korean American diplomatic history embedded in it When and where did the tradition of painting murals inside tombs originate? Originally, the creation of murals in tombs was a funerary tradition that had been prevalent in the central region since the pre-Han Dynasty in China. Those who painted murals depicted the dead person’s appearance and life as well as the ideal he or she aspired to, and people around the mural came and looked at the completed mural for a certain period. At that time, tombs and other funeral spaces were places where families paid their respects to the dead, and the elaborately decorated murals were also a meansof showing off the family’s filial piety and wealth.
Ahn Jeong-jun, Professor of Korean History, University of Seoul
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