明抗倭援朝水师统帅陈璘与露梁海战

General Chen Lin as the Commander of the Ming Navy and the Battle of Luliang Strait during the Wanli Korean War

万历朝鲜之役中,明水师统帅陈璘两度被征召,壬辰时期虽未能前往,但已引起朝鲜君臣关注。丁酉再乱之初,陈璘再次被任命为水师统帅,率部前往。明水师部队两万余将士,来自广东、浙江、福建等地,大大扭转了朝鲜水师的劣势。朝鲜国王李昖会见之时,陈璘当面提出要掌控中朝水师联合部队的指挥权,朝鲜君臣心有不甘,水军统制使李舜臣虽心有不服,但也只得维持这样的局面。陈璘对此似有所感,经常给朝鲜国王上揭帖,汇报战争情况,以消除朝鲜君臣疑虑。1598年十一月十九日,陈璘指挥中朝水师联合舰队在露梁海峡拦截岛津义弘的水军,李舜臣为先锋,明七十老将邓子龙奋勇争先,二人皆战死,但最终取得了露梁海战大捷。每次海战,陈璘皆为总指挥,故以他为首功,合乎情理,朝鲜史料说他夺李舜臣之功为己功,乃不实之词。陈璘与李舜臣后来都被尊为朝鲜王朝关王庙从祀的对象,成为朝鲜王朝追思明朝的一个象征。

General Chen Lin as the commander of the Ming Navy, was called up twice during the Wanli Korean War. Although he didn’t go to Choson Korea in the first anti-Japanese war in 1592, he had attracted the attention of the Choson Korean king and his ministers. At the beginning of the second war in 1597, Chen Lin was appointed to commander-in-chief of the Ming Navy again. More than 20,000 soldiers from Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian and other places came to Korea and had greatly reversed the disadvantages of the Korean navy. When Choson King Yi Yan met with him,Chen Min proposed in person to command the joint naval forces of Ming China and Choson Korea. The Korean king and his ministers were unwilling to accept Chen Lin’s control of the naval forces. Although Yi Shun-sin was not satisfied with Chen Lin’s control of the naval forces, he had to maintain such a situation. Chen Lin appeared to have some feelings about this. He often posted to the Choson king and reported relevant information to eliminate the doubts of the Korean king and his ministers. On the 19th day of the eleven month, 1598, Chen Lin commanded the united navy to intercept the Japanese navy of Shimadzu Yihong in the Luliang Strait. Yi Shun-sin as the pioneer, and Deng Zilong, a 70-year-old general of the Ming Dynasty, fought bravely, however, both of them died in the battle, but finally a great victory was achieved in the sea battle of Luliang. In every naval battle, Chen Lin was the commander in chief, so it was reasonable to take him as the leader. According to the historical data of Korea, it was not true that he took Yi Shun-sin’s contribution as his own. Later, Chen Lin and Yi Shun-sin were both regarded as the figures of the Guanwang temple in the Korean Dynasty, and became a symbol of the Korean Dynasty’s memory of the Ming Dynasty.