Byungin Yangyo was the first warfare in which Korean army made a fight with Western power in the history of Korea. It was not only beginning of invading Korea by Western powers but also epochal event in the tributary relationship between Korea(Choson)...
Byungin Yangyo was the first warfare in which Korean army made a fight with Western power in the history of Korea. It was not only beginning of invading Korea by Western powers but also epochal event in the tributary relationship between Korea(Choson) and Ching government.
The tributary relationship with Ching government played a institutional role in refusing requirement of trade relation and continuing a national isolation policy of Choson government. Likewise, Ching government strongly supported this isolation policy. However, with declination of Ching government, this traditional foreign policy of Choson government was not able to play a institutional role in blocking invasion of Choson government from Western powers. As a result, Choson government have to be exposed to the Western powers.
When Catholic persecution accident was happened in Chosen, Ching government kept nonintervention policy to Choson accident. This Ching government's policy did not restrain French government from invading Choson Government. Furthermore, French government regarded the nonintervention policy of Ching as a refusal of the tributary relationship with Choson. This nonintervention policy of Ching government become a objective reason for Byungin Yangyo incident.
In this viewpoint, Byungin Yang accident was not only the warfare activity between Choson and French government, but also a historical incident to inform a declination of tributary relationship between Choson and Ching government. It was just beginning of tragic modern history of Korea and China.