Lihongzhang And The Transformation Of China And Korea As Suzerain And Vassal State(1876—1885)

China has a long history of suzerainty-vassal relationship with Korea.Along with the strength of the western military,economic and cultural invasion,Korea suffered the impact of the violent social order,for China and the DPRK ZongFan relationship has a lot of impact,to the late qing dynasty ZongFan relations gradually collapse.In the process,li hongzhang was a leader in the late qing dynasty of Korea.In order to avoid Korea colonized by the capitalist powers,maintenance of Korea' s status as a suzerain,qing dynasty and li hongzhang expectations by raising the control intervention to carries on the control of the interior,in the enterprise security and guarantee the safety of the qing dynasty Korean.During 1876 to 1876,from the letter to Korean officials,want to persuade them to the founding to the intervention,to persuade Korea signed a treaty with the United States,to the horse,with Korea JiaShen incident get actively involved in twice,to the final comprehensive intervention in the north of the entire process of li hongzhang on Korea policy has always been clear and definite,not only to consolidate the qing government's power,top priority is to ensure ZongFan relations between the two countries.But the practice is largely based on the qing government interests as a starting point,so for a sacrifice of the interests of the vassal state Korea,this kind of idea to some extent and promote the relationship between the territories of ZongFan,objectively led to China-dprk ZongFan relations gradually collapse.For li hongzhang in China and the DPRK ZongFan relationship means of changing the idea to the comb,revealed is li in the era of reform in late qing dynasty,in the face of western powers the impact of the military,political,and cultural aspects,conservative ideas of traditional culture in the east and adapt to the powers of the western ideological and cultural struggle,constantly adjust the journey back and forth.There is no denying that li hongzhang has also tried to integrate the imperial system with the western modern international order,but in the end,it has not worked out well.To a large extent,the intersection of these two ideas is not fusion,but conflict.These ideas have had a negative effect on the diplomatic practice of li hongzhang.Above all,li hongzhang between 1876-1885 policy on Korea,both inherited and development,has the obvious stage characteristics,at the same time by the invasion of western capitalist countries,inequality within the ZongFan system,a lot of factors,such as the decline of the qing government power ZongFan system gradually to collapse.And li on the Korean affairs should be strengthened in the interference caused by negative effect also ponder,in modern international concept of sovereignty under the background of increasingly recognised and accepted,interference and control each other' s internal affairs can only lead to confrontation and conflict.Therefore,in the establishment of a new international order,we must adhere to the idea of peaceful consultation,and strive to demonstrate the equal spirit between countries and countries from name to substance.