Park Han-je: Political development of the Hu-Han system in medieval China

This book is a collection of writings by Professor Emeritus Park Han-je of Seoul National University, an authority on the Wei-Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and Sui-Tang periods of China, describing the "Hu-Han System"—the subject of his life's research—from a "political" perspective. It comprehensively summarizes and analyzes the political compromises established through the struggles of the nomadic tribes and the Han Chinese during the political development from the Sixteen Kingdoms to the Sui-Tang world empire, while also examining their significance. The author argues that politics during the Wei-Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and Sui-Tang periods was not conducted like previous Han Chinese states, but rather proceeded in a form heavily infused with nomadic elements. This outcome was driven by the ruling monarchs who dominated practical politics and the nomadic tribes who constituted the ruling class. However, due to the majority agrarian Han Chinese and their existing superior political culture, it may outwardly appear as though the result was the "Sinicization" of the nomadic nomadic tribes. However, this book describes how close contact between the two sides over a long period evolved into finding a compromise between them, resulting in the "integration of the Hu and Han," which was the starting point of a long process that led to the formation of a larger country and a huge ethnic group known as the "Chinese nation."

Korean title: 중국중세 호한체제의 정치적 전개

Korean author: 박한제

Korean publisher: 일조각

ISBN-13: 9788933707654