{"product_id":"boundless-winds-of-empire-9780231205474","title":"Boundless Winds of Empire","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSixiang Wang demonstrates how Chosŏn political actors strategically deployed cultural practices, values, and narratives to carve out a place for Korea within the Ming imperial order.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a book I have been waiting for. Wang argues that historically Korea was not the compliant vassal that Chinese imagined it to be, but a canny role-player manipulating China’s imperial myth so as to constrain its capacity to dominate. An eloquent revision of what we thought we knew. -- Timothy Brook, coeditor of \u003ci\u003eSacred Mandates: Asian International Relations Since Chinggis Khan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSixiang Wang’s \u003ci\u003eBoundless Winds of Empire \u003c\/i\u003eis destined to be a classic. Wang provides a new lens to study the historical relations between Ming and Chosŏn. His emphasis on ritual and rhetoric as frames of reference and the extensive use of Chinese and Korean sources make a tremendous contribution to numerous fields. -- David C. Kang, author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Grand Strategy and East Asian Security in the Twenty-First  Century\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGenerations of scholars have stripped down the relationship of Chosŏn Korea and Ming China into an abstract model of the ‘tribute system.’ With sensitive readings of poetry, apocryphal inscriptions, and other sources rarely considered by the model builders, Sixiang Wang brilliantly restores the idiosyncratic texture of Korean-Ming relations. -- Christopher P. Atwood, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Rise of the Mongols: Five Chinese Sources\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoundless Winds of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e sets a new standard for Anglophone scholarship on Chosŏn Korea. -- Eugene Y. Park, author of \u003ci\u003eKorea: A History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn exceptional work. Wang’s stimulating and highly illuminating account should be read by anyone interested in Korea–China relations, the workings of empire, rhetorical strategies, or the history of diplomacy. -- Felix Kuhn * Journal of Chinese History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eChronology\u003cbr\u003eMaps\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: Korea and the Imperial Tradition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: The Shared Past\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Serving the Great\u003cbr\u003e2. Terms of Authority\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: The Practice of Diplomacy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. Beneath the Veneer\u003cbr\u003e4. In Empire’s Name\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Ecumenical Boundaries\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. Cajoling Empire\u003cbr\u003e6. Representing Korea\u003cbr\u003e7. Contests of Ritual\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: An Empire of Letters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8. The Brilliant Flowers\u003cbr\u003e9. The Envoy’s Virtue\u003cbr\u003e10. The East Does Not Submit\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: The Myth of Moral Empire\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400367513943,"sku":"9780231205474","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231205474.jpg?v=1730470512","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/boundless-winds-of-empire-9780231205474","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}