Discussion On The Korea’s Reflection On The "Revolt Of The Three Feudatories" Of Qing Dynasty

In1637, Qing Dynasty and Korea signed the Ding Chou Treaty, which represented the establishment of the tributary relationship between the two countries. However, due to the hatred to Qing Dynasty’s conquer and the affection of the Chinese&barbarians’ideology, Korea dealt with the relationship with enmity. During the early days of Qing dynasty, the chiefs feudatories who were Wu Sangui, Geng Jingzhong and Shang Kexi expanded their powers, which threatened the government seriously. As a result,in1673, Emperor Kangxi made an order to abolish the three feudatories, then the revolt broke out, which was called "the revolt of the three feudatories" in history. On the background, the article try to research Korea’s reflection, solutions and the collection of Qing’s information, aiming to analyse the tendency of the relationship between the two countries.The article has five parts:Part Ⅰ is introduction. In this part, I will talk about the topic’s significance and definition. It will look back works and theses about the relationship between Qing Dynasty and Korea during the revolt on diplomatic corps. Besides, it also refers to methods of the research.Part Ⅱ talks about the relationship between Qing Dynasty and Korea before the revolt of the three feudatories, including the establishment of the relationship and policy and measures which Qing and Korea took to deal with each other. This part will show us the historical background.Part Ⅲ introduces Korea’s collection of information about Qing’s revolt by collecting historical materials. Besides, it will also analyse the statistics and research their accuracy.Part Ⅳ introduces Korea’s reflection and measures to the revolt of the three feudatories. On one hand, Korea sustained the relationship in appearance. On the other hand, there were fierce quarrels about if they should have northern expedition or not. At the same time, Korea tried the best to strengthen their defense positively, which represented the standpoint of Korea.Part Vis conclusion. It put emphasis on Korea’s concern, policy and information about Qing’s situation in Korea’s perspective, aiming to find out the real status of the relationship and the tendency.