Abstract:
In the late Ming Dynasty, owing to the rise of the Jurchen ethnic in northeastern China led by Nurhaci, the land transporting line between China and Korea by way of Liaoning was broken, thus reopening the sea course between the two nations which had been closed for years. This sea course became again the main route for contact of convoys of the two nations till just before the Qing Dynasty replaced the Ming Dynasty. During this period of time, The Records of Heavenly Pilgrimage written by the Korean ambassadors Li Mincheng and Zhao Ji kept a detailed record of the sea routes of convoys between China and Korea, and gave a live description of the negotiating activities on “the King of Ren’s allegiance” by the Korean ambassadors at Yanjing, which is of very high historical importance.
