Korea-China relations in history and contemporary implications / Robert Kong Chan.

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1. Introduction ; 2. Background, rationale, and practice of Sadae ; 3. Sadae in the era of ming's unipolar order (1392-1608) ; 4. Sadae in a era of changing polarity (1608-1800): a bipolar, an imaginary bipolar, and a unipolar order ; 5. Sadae in the modern era (1800-1910): the end of ideational Sadae and the continuation of material Yongdae ; 6. 'Anti-Sadae' and Yongdae: the legacies of Sadae in the contemporary era (1910-present)

This book examines the complex relations between Joseon Korea (1392-1910) and Ming/Qing China in history, and reveals their contemporary implications for the nature of a China-dominated order in East Asia and the relations between China and the middle powers in the region. Instead of relying on the works that offer over-generalized conclusions based on information drawn from secondary sources, this book provides a much more nuanced account of the Koreans' experience of managing their relations with the great powers by analyzing the first-hand evidence documented by the Joseon historiographers related to the major events in Joseon-Ming relations, Joseon's response to power transition from Ming to Qing, and Joseon-Qing relations. In East Asia today where the middle powers are facing the rise of China and a trilateral dilemma as a result of the Sino-US rivalry in the region, what history can tell us is of significant value to scholars, policy advisers, and policymakers. Contraportada.