The ancient world has four major civilizations and ancient countries, ancient China, ancient Egypt, ancient India, ancient Babylon, in addition to China, the other three civilizations have appeared faults, only China since ancient times as a cultural ancient country five thousand years of civilization has never appeared a complete cultural fault, so China represents the Chinese civilization. In particular, the feudal system in ancient China has been inherited for thousands of years, although in modern times, the backwardness and decay of the feudal system have been eliminated, but it is undeniable that the feudal system has created a brilliant and advanced civilization for the Central Plains Dynasty, and many countries in the world today have been influenced by the Central Plains Dynasty.
For example, in Japan, during the Tang Dynasty, they continued to learn from the Tang Dynasty for nearly three hundred years, and each time they would send specially organized learners, known as the Tang Envoys, whose number of times, scale, time, and rich content can be described as an unprecedented event in the history of Sino-Japanese cultural exchanges. The Tang Dynasty, which pioneered the prosperous world, made the surrounding Asian countries envious, only studied for more than two hundred years, and let the backward country Of Japan develop a set of governance systems, and the socio-economic and cultural development was rapid, in fact, at that time, not only Japan established good diplomacy with the Central Plains Dynasty, but also many countries, such as Korea.
The ancient Korean Peninsula was the peripheral area most deeply influenced by the civilization of the Central Plains, and for thousands of years the "Muhua" wind prevailed, and even the origin of Korea had something to do with the Central Plains. At the end of the 3rd century BC, for the first time in the history of Korea, the Western Han Dynasty historian Sima Qian's famous book "Records of History" records that after the destruction of the country by the chancellor Jizi in the last years of the Yin Shang Dynasty, he fled overseas with the remnants of the Shang Dynasty, which is now the Korean Peninsula, and the advanced etiquette and system he brought with him won the praise of the local people, and he was later elected as the monarch and recognized by the King of Zhou, known as the "Marquis of Ji", or "Jizi Korea".
In many Korean historical materials, there are records of Mizi, such as the Joseon Dynasty's "Xuanzu Shilu" said: "Since the jizi was sealed, all the dynasties in our country have been regarded as internal servants, and the Han Dynasty placed four counties, and the Tang added Buyeo County." As for Daming, the eight counties and counties are all subordinate to Liaodong, and the costumes and cultural relics are from the Chinese system, and the king's imperial treasure is entrusted to govern things." The Joseon Dynasty's "Records of Seongjong" said: "Since Miko, Wudong has been a great practice of enlightenment, men have the style of martyrs, women have the customs of chastity, and history is called Little China." But this does not mean that this fact is recognized by all people in North Korea, and with the prevalence of nationalism in modern times, and the lack of archaeological evidence for this theory, both sides of the Korean Peninsula have denied it. Although the origin of Korea has yet to be proven, for many years Korea and the Central Plains Dynasty have maintained clan relations, especially during the Ming Dynasty, which is a model of cooperation.
In 1392, Lee Sung-gyu, the Great King of the Joseon Dynasty, was proclaimed king, and Myeongtae-tae gave him the title of "Joseon". The two countries established a clan relationship, during the Myeongseong-zu period, Myeongseong-zu officially gave the title of King of Joseon, after which the Joseon Dynasty adhered to the basic diplomatic strategy of "big things", "big things" refers to small countries serving large countries, which shows The respect of Korea for the Ming Dynasty. However, the actions of the Ming Dynasty are indeed worthy of the submission of Korea, in 1592, Japan invaded Korea, Korea almost fell to the country, fortunately, Myeongshinjong sent the Ming army to support Korea, in 1598, the two armies cooperated to completely defeat the Japanese army. This friendship of fighting side by side will always remain in the hearts of the two peoples, and even if the Qing Dynasty replaces the Ming Dynasty in the future, the Korean people still have their hearts set on the Ming Dynasty.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Jurchens in the northeast gradually rose, causing great external troubles to the Ming Dynasty, in 1627, the Emperor Taiji sent Amin to lead 30,000 troops to attack Korea, and defeated the Ming general Mao Wenlong who retreated to Korea, known in history as "Ding Wei Hu Chaos", although the "Covenant of Brother states" was finally signed, but it was only forced by power, and the pro-Ming position of Korea did not change. In the future, emperor Taiji became emperor and instructed Korea to participate in persuasion and bow down to him, but the Korean court and even the people of the whole country did not agree, they believed that the Qing Dynasty stole the emperor's name, so they did not recognize the emperor's name, only the chongzhen emperor's era name.
In 1627, Emperor Taiji sent Amin and others to lead more than 30,000 Eight Banner soldiers into Korea, which dealt a huge blow to Korea, and the King of Korea had to send people to ask for peace, signed the "Gangdu Peace Treaty", and was forced to sever the connection between Korea and the Ming Dynasty. But Emperor Taiji was not satisfied, he vowed to make Korea submit to the Qing Dynasty, so as to prove that they did enter the Central Plains, in 1636, Emperor Taiji used the excuse of Korea ''Helping Ming harm me'' as an excuse to use troops against Korea for the second time, this war once again forced Korea to change its position, cut off all contacts with the Ming Dynasty, and accept the fact that the Qing Dynasty became their main country.
However, the emperor Taiji's approach could not really win the hearts of the Korean people, and the Joseon Dynasty still had its heart set on the Ming Dynasty, using the Chongzhen era name, remembering the Ming Dynasty for more than three hundred years, which shows that the assistance of the Ming Dynasty at that time left an indelible impression on the Korean people, even if the Ming Dynasty declined, North Korea still sided with the Ming Dynasty. As for the rulers of the Qing Dynasty, I am afraid that they did not understand the principle of "strong twisted melons are not sweet", but most of the rulers were suppressed by force, and rarely made an independent country truly subservient.