Clothing, Food and Dwelling – Western Views of Korean Life in the Early Nineteenth Century

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Duan Baihui
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Abstract

Despite Chosŏn Korea having been nicknamed the ‘Hermit Kingdom’ by the American William Elliot Griffis in 1882, Englishmen had already been there in the early half of the nineteenth century. This paper considers three journeys by westerners to the Korean peninsula in 1816, 1832 and 1845, utilizing these explorers’ travel diaries to analyze lifestyles in Chosŏn, including clothing, food, and dwelling style. The paper considers westerners’ lively views on the lifestyles of citizens of Chosŏn. Although these narratives from westerners on Chosŏn are tinged with orientalism or racist bias, they still have a great deal of value for historians today who seek to understand everyday life and the social structure of nineteenth-century Chosŏn. This paper sheds light on these useful historical perspectives for the observation of Chosŏn lifestyles in contrast to the high politics of the court, or great power rivalries in East Asia.
衣、食、住——十九世纪初朝鲜生活的西方视角
尽管Chosŏn朝鲜在1882年被美国人威廉·埃利奥特·格里菲斯(William Elliot Griffis)戏称为“隐士王国”,但英国人早在19世纪上半叶就已经到过那里了。本文考虑了1816年、1832年和1845年西方人到朝鲜半岛的三次旅行,利用这些探险家的旅行日记来分析Chosŏn的生活方式,包括服装、食物和居住方式。本文考虑了西方人对Chosŏn公民生活方式的生动看法。虽然这些西方人在Chosŏn上的叙述带有东方主义或种族主义偏见,但对于今天试图了解19世纪的日常生活和社会结构的历史学家来说,它们仍然有很大的价值Chosŏn。本文阐明了这些有用的历史观点,以观察Chosŏn的生活方式,与宫廷的高级政治或东亚的大国竞争形成对比。
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