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The term, Korea's "View of China", is often used in Chinese media to describe the emotional attachment to China shown by individual politicians and intellectuals in foreign countries. However, how does Korea's view of China affect the country’s foreign policy on China? To answer this question, we plan to conduct a process-tracing on Korea’s evolving foreign relations with China since the establishment of Joseon Dynasty, with a focus on Korea’s contentious intellectual debate surrounding the legitimacy of incumbent Chinese rulers. By addressing the role of perception, the finding can be generalized to help complement existing rationalist theories to better analyze the interaction between Asian countries with strong Confucian legacies and a rising China.

중국어

本文旨在通过分析韩国近600年来的中国观，并借由阐述其中国观如 何影响对华关系，补充现有国际关系理论对于分析感性思维对外交政策影响的不 足。在韩国的历史经验中形成了“谁是中国”的判断依据。历史的韩国以当时的中国 观评判明朝与清朝，认为驱赶倭寇、再造藩邦的明朝是真正的中国，而在看待清 朝时则经历了“反清、疑清、纳清、尊清”的转变过程，从不认为清朝是中国到认为 清朝亦为中国。而现代的韩国，又以类似的中国观评判中华民国与中华人民共和 国，认为抗日胜利、协助建国的中华民国才是真正的中国，但韩国对中华人民共 和国的态度也经历了最初的不认可到1992年的邦交正常化。韩国对中国大陆态度 的转变，既有国家利益的考虑，也不无中国观的展露。