Go Deuk-jong

Go Deuk-jong (1388-1452) was a scholar-official of the Joseon Dynasty Korea in the 14th century.

Go Deuk-jong
Hangul	고득종
Hanja	高得宗
Revised Romanization	Go Deuk-jong
McCune–Reischauer	Ko 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

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]

See also

• Joseon diplomacy
• Joseon missions to Japan
• Joseon tongsinsa

Notes

1. "고득종(高得宗) - 한국민족문화대백과사전". encykorea.aks.ac.kr. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
2. Kang, Etsuko H. (1997). Diplomacy and Ideology in Japanese-Korean Relations: from the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century, p. 275.
3. Arano Yasunori (2005). "The Formation of A Japanocentric World Order," The International Journal of Asian Studies, 2 , pp 185-216.

References

• Daehwan, Noh. "The Eclectic Development of Neo-Confucianism and Statecraft from the 18th to the 19th Century," Korea Journal (Winter 2003).
• Kang, Etsuko Hae-jin . (1997). Diplomacy and Ideology in Japanese-Korean Relations: from the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century. Basingstoke, Hampshire; Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-312-17370-8; OCLC 243874305

External links

• Joseon Tongsinsa Cultural Exchange Association (in Korean); (in Japanese)