Reassessing Guan Zhong and Moral Discretion During the Manchu Invasions of Chosŏn Korea in the Early Seventeenth Century.
This article examines the enduring legacy of Guan Zhong's actions in early seventeenth-century Korea, particularly within a deeply fractured political landscape shaped by a series of crises from King Kwanghaegun's forced deposition in 1623 to King Injo's surrender to the Manchus in 1637. In the Anal...
| Publicado en: | Sungkyun Journal of East Asian Studies Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 133 - 161 |
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Duke University Press
May2026
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