Go Deuk-jong

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Go Deuk-jong (Korean고득종; Hanja高得宗; 1388–1452) was a scholar-official of the Joseon Dynasty Korea in the 14th century.

Go Deuk-jong
Born1388
Died1452 (aged 63–64)
Korean name
Hangul
고득종
Hanja
高得宗
Revised RomanizationGo Deuk-jong
McCune–ReischauerKo Tǔk-chong

He was also diplomat and ambassador, representing Joseon interests in the tongsinsa (diplomatic mission) to the Ashikaga shogunate in Japan.[1]

1439 mission to Japan edit

King Sejong dispatched a diplomatic mission to Japan in 1439. This embassy to court of Ashikaga Yoshinori was led by Go Deuk-jong. Its purpose was to foster and maintain neighborly relations (Gyorin diplomacy); and assistance from the shogun was sought in suppressing the pirate raids from those known in Korean as waegu or in Japanese as the wakō.[2]

The Japanese hosts may have construed this mission as tending to confirm a Japanocentric world order.[3] Go Deuk-jong's actions were more narrowly focused in negotiating protocols for Joseon-Japan diplomatic relations.[2]

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References edit

  1. ^ 고득종(高得宗) [Go Deukjong (高得宗)]. Encyclopedia of Korean Culture. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b Kang, Etsuko Hae-jin (15 November 1997). Diplomacy and Ideology in Japanese-Korean Relations: From the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 275. ISBN 978-0-312-17370-8. OCLC 243874305.
  3. ^ Yasunori, Arano (July 2005). "The Formation of a Japanocentric World Order". International Journal of Asian Studies. 2 (2): 185–216. doi:10.1017/S1479591405000094. ISSN 1479-5922. S2CID 145541884.

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