Abstract

Hongwu dynasty, the Ming emperor Zhu Yuanzhang and Koryo King, Wang Chuan-chen each emissary, began to frequent exchanges between the two envoys. In the Ming Dynasty, Korean envoys sent to China by 1252, an average of 4.6 times per year; Korean envoys sent to China 153 times, an average of 0.6 times per year. Envoys of mutual exchanges and communication with the bilateral political, economic and cultural close ties, a strong impetus to bilateral relations, relations between the two countries with different characteristics before the Ming Dynasty: increasingly close political ties to form a political "integration"; economy, North Korea's dependence on the Chinese market growing; Chinese traditional ideology and culture of North Korea had a more profound impact, as North Korea's mainstream culture. The envoy diplomacy between Ming China and Korea had been established after Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang dispatched envoys to Koryo while the Koryo King Wang Xu sent envoys to Ming in the early Hongwu period. The envoys communications between Ming and Choson were the friendly bridges to keep both countries close connections in politics, economics, and culture fields. The background, process, position and influence of the envoy diplomacy between Ming China and Choson Korea have been studied in seven parts in this article