明代朝鲜贡女问题初探

The Initial Exploration to the Korean Girls to the Imperial Court in the Ming Dynasty

尽管明代是中朝关系最为密切、友好的时期,但在古代极度不平等的国家关系中,亦不免出现反面性历史,贡女就是其中最具代表性的反面性副产物。明朝每次向朝鲜要求贡女时,朝鲜都会陷入恐慌状态。而且,进贡到明廷里的贡女们的命运也极其悲惨。与之相反,贡女的亲族却占了"上国皇亲"之光,从此在朝鲜飞黄腾达,并且朝鲜朝廷也利用他们的特殊身份处理对明朝的外交难题。

In the Ming dynasty, the relationship of China and Korea was friendly, but in an unequal relation- ship in ancient times, there was disadvantaged point, such as Korean girls to the Ming imperial court. When- ever the Ming imperial court asked Korea for girls, Korea came into panic, and what＇s more, most of these girls had miserable lives in the imperial court. However, their relatives had flourished in Korea and the Kore- an government also made use of their special identities to deal with some dit^cult diplomatic problems.