Jo Tae-eok

Jo Tae-eok
Hangul	조태억
Hanja	趙泰億
Revised Romanization	Jo Tae-eok
McCune–Reischauer	Cho T'aeŏk

Jo Tae-eok^[1] (1675–1728), also known as Cho T'aeŏk,^[2] was a scholar-official and Jwauijeong of the Joseon Dynasty Korea in 18th century.

He was also diplomat and ambassador, representing Joseon interests in the 8th Edo period diplomatic mission to the Tokugawa shogunate in Japan.^[2]

1711 mission to Japan

In 1711, King Sukjong of Joseon directed that a mission to the shogunal court of Tokugawa Ienobu should be sent to Edo.^[3] This diplomatic mission functioned to the advantage of both the Japanese and the Koreans as a channel for developing a political foundation for trade.^[4]

This delegation was explicitly identified by the Joseon court as a "Communication Envoy" (tongsinsa). The mission was understood to signify that relations were "normalized."^[5]

The delegation arrived in the 1st year of Shōtoku, according to the Japanese calendar in use at that time.^[6] Jo Tae-eok was the chief envoy of this diplomatic embassy.^[3]

Recognition in the West

Pak Tong-chi's historical significance was confirmed when his mission and his name were specifically mentioned in a widely-distributed history published by the Oriental Translation Fund in 1834.^[6]

In the West, early published accounts of the Joseon kingdom are not extensive, but they are found in Sangoku Tsūran Zusetsu (published in Paris in 1832),^[7] and in Nihon ōdai ichiran (published in Paris in 1834). Joseon foreign relations and diplomacy are explicitly referenced in the 1834 work.

Selected works

• 1711 -- Dongsarok.^[8]
• 1712 -- Conversation by Writing in Jianggnan (Ganggwan pildam).^[1]

See also

• Joseon diplomacy
• Joseon missions to Japan
• Joseon tongsinsa

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Kim, Tae-Jun. (2006). Korean Travel Literature. p. 119.
2. ^ ^{a b} Walraven, Boudewijn et al. (2007). Korea in the middle: Korean studies and area studies; Essays in Honour of Boudewijn Walraven, p. 361; Titsingh, Issac. (1934). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 416; n.b., the name Tota Yokf is a pre-Hepburn Japanese transliteration and Tchao ta ỹ is a pre-McCune–Reischauer, Korean romanization devised by Julius Klaproth and Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat in 1834.
3. ^ ^{a b} Walraven, p. 361.
4. ^ Walker, Brett L. "Foreign Affairs and Frontiers in Early Modern Japan: A Historiographical Essay," Early Modern Japan. Fall, 2002, pp. 48.
5. ^ Lewis, James Bryant. (2003). Frontier contact between Chosŏn Korea and Tokugawa Japan, pp. 21-24.
6. ^ ^{a b} Titsingh, p. 416.
7. ^ Vos, Ken. "Accidental acquisitions: The nineteenth-century Korean collections in the National Museum of Ethnology, Part 1," p. 6.
8. ^ Northeast Asia History Foundation: Korea-Japan relations citing Dongsarok by Jo Tae-eok; Dongsarok by Kim Hyeon-mun; and Dongsarok by Im Su-gan.

References

• Daehwan, Noh. "The Eclectic Development of Neo-Confucianism and Statecraft from the 18th to the 19th Century," Korea Journal (Winter 2003).
• Kim, Tae-Jun and Kyong-hee Lee. (2006). Korean Travel Literature. Seoul: Ewha Womans University Press. 10-ISBN 89-7300-602-9/13-ISBN 978-89-7300-602-1; 10-ISBN 89-7300-698-3/13-ISBN 978-89-7300-698-4; OCLC 123030421
• Lewis, James Bryant. (2003). Frontier contact between chosŏn Korea and Tokugawa Japan. London: Routledge. 10-ISBN 0-7007-1301-8/13-ISBN 978-0-7007-1301-1
• Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō, 1652], Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland. OCLC 84067437
• Walker, Brett L. "Foreign Affairs and Frontiers in Early Modern Japan: A Historiographical Essay," Early Modern Japan. Fall, 2002, pp. 44–62, 124-128.
• Walraven, Boudewijn and Remco E. Breuker. (2007). Korea in the middle: Korean studies and area studies; Essays in Honour of Boudewijn Walraven. Leiden: CNWS Publications. 10-ISBN 978-9-057-89153-3; 13-ISBN 90-5789-153-0; OCLC 181625480

External links

• Joseon Tongsinsa Cultural Exchange Association (Korean); (Japanese)
• 조선통신사연구 (Journal of Studies in Joseon Tongsinsa) (Korean)

Preceded by Yun Jiwan

Joseon–Japanese Edo period diplomacy 8th mission 1711

Succeeded by Hong Chi-jung

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Name	Jo, Tae-eok
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Date of birth	1675
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Date of death	1728
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