This essay is prepared to study the Backgrounds of Koguryo's history research in Chinese Learned World. Many Chenese scholars has regarded Koguryo's history as the part of Chinese History since 1980s. Where did this nontraditional historical view came...
This essay is prepared to study the Backgrounds of Koguryo's history research in Chinese Learned World. Many Chenese scholars has regarded Koguryo's history as the part of Chinese History since 1980s. Where did this nontraditional historical view came from? Why did Many Chinese scholars change their historical view? This questions were not simple, but we can investigate the primary factors.
Generally speaking, many people understand that Chinese revisionism is the products of the Unified Multinational State concept in People's Republic of China(PRC). Of course, it's a important reason. But, we need to go back to the late Qing and Republican China period and investigate the 'One China' concept. Han-chinese Liangqiqiao and Sunwen designed this imagined community. 'One China' concept has consisted of two main elements, that is, 'Zhonghua minzu' and 'Unified Multinational State'. PRC's 'One China' concept was the historical formative substance.
'Zhonghua minzu' and 'Unified Multinational State' concepts were extended in time and space. The tools of the extensions were the borderland studies and the ethno-national studies. There was 'One China' concept, but Changing mode of Chinese historical recognitions were many cases. After all, Koguryo's history was also incorporate into Chinese history. It resulted in many Koreans questions and protests.
So then, why did Chinese scholars bigin the revisions of historical cognitions in 1980s? It was connected with the Economic Reform and Open Door Policy, the weakened socialist ties. And there were Chinese historical experiences in Backgrounds of Chinese revisionism. The important experience is Korean War. The Korean peninsula was the battlefield of the Chinese army. Today's China and Korea hold the ancient Koguryo's territory in common. These points strenthened the concern of Chinese scholars. The China's revisionist historical cognition is a window of understanding comtemporary China.