동월(董越)과 공용경(공用卿)의 비교(比較)를 통해(痛駭) 본 中國 使臣의 朝鮮 認識 = Chinese Envoys` Understandings on Joseon Examined through a Comparison between Dong Weol and Gong Yong-gyeong

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The direct goal of this paper is to examine, through a comparison between Dong Weol and Gong Yong-gyeong, gaps between their understandings on Joseon and the meanings of the gaps, but the wider goal is to provide clues to examine the aspects of understandings on Joseon by literati of Ming dynasty of the time and the objectified and relative appearances of Joseon from the perspectives of others. Both Dong Weol and Gong Yong-gyeong in common were Ming dynasty’s envoys visiting Joseon, were literati-bureaucrats assigned to Hanrimweon(翰 林院), wrote on their envoy trips to Joseon, and praised Joseon as a nation of manners and culture. Also, the processes of their envoy trips and their writings on them look similar to each other. In those senses it can be said that their understandings on Joseon are similar, but it does not mean that they are the same. The records of Dong Weol and those of Gong Yong-gyeong in Joseon wangjorilrok(『 朝鮮王朝實錄 』 ) look similar but different as Gong Yong-gyeong has a broader amplitude than Dong Weol. Although it is hard to be confirmed that the difference was the difference among understandings of Joseon by Chinese literati of the time, the difference at least shows that there are gaps between those individuals’ understandings on Joseon; and the recognition about the gaps can be a method to show the various understandings on Joseon by Chinese literati of the time. This paper can have the meaning for suggesting a way to examine the various understandings on Joseon by Chinese literati of the time.