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Research on Shin Heon, who was in charge of the Korea-Japan Treaty, is significant in terms of explaining port opening and the first step toward modernization of Joseon. He was a member of the contemporary affair reform force(Shimugaehyeok Seryeok) that agonized over urgent issues at the time of so-called the dark ages of public politics, the era of in-law government(sedo chŏngch’i). Shin entered the political world as a young military officer with the contemporary affair reform force. It was the era of Crown Prince Hyomyung, who was the king’s deputy, and the restoration of the state administration with the king as the central figure was attempted at the time. Shin Heon was also in charge of the government’s reaction to the crisis of a peasant resistance movement in the front line with Park Gyu-su, in Cheoljong’s Reign. In Daewongun’s reign, Shin assumed a critical attitude toward Daewongun’s attempt on securing independent power, sharing the goal with the contemporary affair reform force which achieved the change of regime. As a person in charge of the Korea-Japan Treaty when Japan demanded port opening from Joseon after Gojong’s direct rule, Shin Heon performed his duties on the basis of the basic philosophy of Joseon’s traditional state administration, which was the stabilization of the people’s livelihood and peacekeeping by avoiding military conflicts. Shin’s belief was based on trust in the government system that Joseon had accomplished. Shin Heon played a continuous role in the front line in Joseon, solving realistic problems. He tried his best to gradually resolve the problems of the times with a very cautious, realistic attitude, deliberating about reform plans.
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Shin Heon, Park Gyu-su, the contemporary affair reform force (Shimugaehyeok Seryeok), administrating the state to relieve the people’s suffering, Daewongun, the Korea-Japan Treaty
