Song Hui-gyeong

Song Hui-gyeong
Hangul	송희경
Hanja	宋希璟
Revised Romanization	Song Huigyeong
McCune–Reischauer	Song Hŭigyŏng

In this Korean name, the family name is Song.

Song Hui-gyeong (Korean: 송희경; Hanja: 宋希璟; 1376–1446) was a Korean scholar-official of the Joseon period in the 15th century.

He was also diplomat and ambassador, representing Joseon interests in the Hoeryesa (diplomatic mission) to the Ashikaga shogunate in Japan.^[1]

1419–1420 mission to Japan

King Sejong dispatched a diplomatic mission to Japan in 1419–1420. This embassy to court of Ashikaga Yoshimasa in Kamakura was led by Song Hui-gyeong . Its purpose was to respond to a message sent to the Joseon court by the Japanese shogun.^[2]

The Japanese hosts may have construed this mission as tending to confirm a Japanocentric world order.^[3] Song Hui-gyeong'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. Lewis, James Bryant. (2000). Frontier contact between chosŏn Korea and Tokugawa Japan, p. 88.
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, vol. 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
• Lewis, James Bryant. (2000). Frontier contact between chosŏn Korea and Tokugawa Japan. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-7007-1301-1

External links

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