Go Deuk-jong explained

Go Deuk-jong
Birth Date:	1388
Module:	Hangul: 고득종 Hanja: 高得宗 Rr: Go Deuk-jong Mr: Ko Tǔk-chong Child: yes

Go Deuk-jong (; 1388–1452) was a scholar-official of the Joseon Dynasty Korea in the 14th century.

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

1439 mission to Japan

King Sejong dispatched a diplomatic mission to Japan in 1439. This embassy to court of Ashikaga Yoshinori was led by Go Deuk-jong. Its purpose was to foster and maintain neighborly relations (Gyorin diplomacy); and assistance from the shogun was sought in suppressing the pirate raids from those known in Korean as waegu or in Japanese as the wakō.^[2]

The Japanese hosts may have construed this mission as tending to confirm a Japanocentric world order.^[3] Go Deuk-jong'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

Further reading

• 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. ;

External links

• Joseon Tongsinsa Cultural Exchange Association ;

Notes and References

1. Web site: ko:고득종(高得宗). Go Deukjong (高得宗) . 1 June 2020 . Encyclopedia of Korean Culture.
2. Book: Kang, Etsuko Hae-jin . Diplomacy and Ideology in Japanese-Korean Relations: From the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century . 1997-11-15 . Palgrave Macmillan . 978-0-312-17370-8 . 275 . en . 243874305.
3. Yasunori . Arano . July 2005 . The Formation of a Japanocentric World Order . International Journal of Asian Studies . en . 2 . 2 . 185–216 . 10.1017/S1479591405000094 . 145541884 . 1479-5922.