摘要
明朝建立不久,便与朝鲜半岛确立了宗藩关系。当时,新兴的朝鲜王朝除了向明朝定期朝贡之外,还不定期地进献一些特殊的贡品,而在这些特殊贡品中就有"火者"。"火者"本泛指受阉的奴仆,他们被进贡到明朝后成为宦官。其中一些宦官被明朝任命为出使朝鲜的使臣,在早期的两国交往中发挥了重要作用。朝鲜籍宦官使臣因复杂的身份背景展现出独有的特点,成为中朝关系史上的一种阶段性特殊现象。
Soon after the Ming Dynasty was found,a suzerain-vassal relationship between Ming and Korean Peninsula was established.In particular,the new Chosun Kingdom not only offered tributes regularly to Ming,but also paid special tributes every now and then in addition,a part of which was“Huozhe.”“Huozhe”largely refers to castrated slaves and servants.After being transported to Ming as tributes,they became eunuch.Some of them were even appointed as Ming's envoies to Chosun,who played a crucial role in early bilateral contact and exchanges between Ming and Chosun.In view of their multiple and complicated identities,these Eunuch-Envoies from Chosun displayed unique characteristics and represented a special episode in the history of Sino-Korean relations.
作者
喻显龙
Yu Xianlong(School of International Studies,Peking University)
出处
《当代韩国》
2018年第4期116-126,共11页
Contemporary Korea
关键词
明朝
朝鲜
火者
宦官使臣
Ming Dynasty
Chosun
Huozhe
Eunuch-Envoy
