http://www.rjkoehler.com/2003/11/08/foreigners-in-the-koryo-dynasty/ Korea... in Blog Format Fri, 5 Dec 2008 09:43:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2003/11/08/foreigners-in-the-koryo-dynasty/#comment-589 Anonymous Wed, 31 Mar 2004 10:59:46 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=269#comment-589 I know that sellout shilla makes me angry! I know that sellout shilla makes me angry!

]]> http://www.rjkoehler.com/2003/11/08/foreigners-in-the-koryo-dynasty/#comment-588 Han Wed, 31 Mar 2004 00:47:31 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=269#comment-588 Well, Koreans had several opportunities in their historical time to exert signicant influence upon the NE Asia, particularly if Koguryo had unified the three kingdoms, then at least the manchuria, korean peninsula, and liaodong peninsula would have been under control, creating a vast opportunity to develop power and extend its territories far greater than Koreans ever imagined possible. But Shilla helped to destroy that dream, oh well. Well, Koreans had several opportunities in their historical time to exert signicant influence upon the NE Asia, particularly if Koguryo had unified the three kingdoms, then at least the manchuria, korean peninsula, and liaodong peninsula would have been under control, creating a vast opportunity to develop power and extend its territories far greater than Koreans ever imagined possible. But Shilla helped to destroy that dream, oh well.

]]> http://www.rjkoehler.com/2003/11/08/foreigners-in-the-koryo-dynasty/#comment-587 The Marmot Mon, 10 Nov 2003 06:17:38 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=269#comment-587 I think his point, aside from the subject being historically quite interesting, was that Korean society's views on foreigners have changed considerably over time. This is something I've read before in other places (like Cummings) - that Korea used to be a relatively cosmopolitan place before the Chosun Dynasty, and its only during that later period that hardcore xenophobia sets in. It might be interesting to compare the Korean experience with that of China,and see if there is any relationship between Imperial Chinese attitudes and Korean attitudes in this regard. I think his point, aside from the subject being historically quite interesting, was that Korean society’s views on foreigners have changed considerably over time. This is something I’ve read before in other places (like Cummings) - that Korea used to be a relatively cosmopolitan place before the Chosun Dynasty, and its only during that later period that hardcore xenophobia sets in. It might be interesting to compare the Korean experience with that of China,and see if there is any relationship between Imperial Chinese attitudes and Korean attitudes in this regard.

]]> http://www.rjkoehler.com/2003/11/08/foreigners-in-the-koryo-dynasty/#comment-586 Hong Gildong Mon, 10 Nov 2003 02:53:01 +0000 http://rjkoehler.com/?p=269#comment-586 So with a name like Yun, what is his "motive" for engaging in ethnic studies, the study of the peninsula's minorities? What motivates him to conclude that the Koreans treated those ethnics nicely? What is he trying to achieve? Wouldn't it mean something if The Marmot or someone else said so? So with a name like Yun, what is his “motive” for engaging in ethnic studies, the study of the peninsula’s minorities? What motivates him to conclude that the Koreans treated those ethnics nicely? What is he trying to achieve? Wouldn’t it mean something if The Marmot or someone else said so?

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