고려 충혜왕대 무역정책의 내용 및 의미 (Chunghyae-wang’s Trade Policy：Characteristics and Meaning)

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초록

In this article, the foreign trade policy of Chunghyae-wang is examined. First, the human network which enabled such policy, and the time point when such policy was initiated, are examined. He acquainted himself with important and powerful Yuan figures such as influential vassals like El Temur, or Emperor Yisun Temur, or lord Abu Sa’id, who all provided Chunghyae-wang with information and motives, to step in the vast array of foreign trades that were going on between China and the West Asian Islamic world. With such help and inspiration, he started to implement economic policies which would help him establish a financial basis for foreign investments, right after his first enthronement in 1330. He was notorious for harsh treatments of his subjects, but his policies were also meant for establishing resources for pubic spendings, including the government's investment in foreign trades.
Second, a couple of characteristics of his foreign trades are examined. To present day scholars, he is well known for his aggressive trade initiatives, yet unlike previous kings he rather displayed a tendency of launching trade envoys only through land, and not on sea. And he also chose textile items as his main subject of export, instead of ceramic-ware or other traditional items the Goryeo people used to sell. The former seemed to have been a result of a series of bans that was implemented by the Yuan government on the maritime trade activities in the early 1330s(the king had to consider such bans’ implications, to prevent the decline in the profit-rates). And the second seemed to have been derived out of Chunghyae-wang’s own strategy to avoid direct competition with Yuan’s silk traders, yet taking advantage of Goryeo’s own strength in hemp item production and also the recently developed dying techniques.
Third, a comparison was made between Chunghyae-wang’s trade activities and those of the former kings. And then the reason of his dethronement(twice) is analyzed. His trade activities were unique and quite active compared to the previous efforts, yet was also made possible thanks to such early attempts and mistakes. And because his trade activities were so aggressive and so eventually occupied almost all of his national ruling platform, the Yuan government had to raise an issue regarding his harsh treatment of his subjects, while other entities involved in trade activities had to put Chunghyae-wang’s profit-making in check. That led to(or partially contributed to) not only his first dethronement in 1332 but also his second and final dethronement in 1343, and ultimately his death.

영어초록

In this article, the foreign trade policy of Chunghyae-wang is examined. First, the human network which enabled such policy, and the time point when such policy was initiated, are examined. He acquainted himself with important and powerful Yuan figures such as influential vassals like El Temur, or Emperor Yisun Temur, or lord Abu Sa’id, who all provided Chunghyae-wang with information and motives, to step in the vast array of foreign trades that were going on between China and the West Asian Islamic world. With such help and inspiration, he started to implement economic policies which would help him establish a financial basis for foreign investments, right after his first enthronement in 1330. He was notorious for harsh treatments of his subjects, but his policies were also meant for establishing resources for pubic spendings, including the government's investment in foreign trades.
Second, a couple of characteristics of his foreign trades are examined. To present day scholars, he is well known for his aggressive trade initiatives, yet unlike previous kings he rather displayed a tendency of launching trade envoys only through land, and not on sea. And he also chose textile items as his main subject of export, instead of ceramic-ware or other traditional items the Goryeo people used to sell. The former seemed to have been a result of a series of bans that was implemented by the Yuan government on the maritime trade activities in the early 1330s(the king had to consider such bans’ implications, to prevent the decline in the profit-rates). And the second seemed to have been derived out of Chunghyae-wang’s own strategy to avoid direct competition with Yuan’s silk traders, yet taking advantage of Goryeo’s own strength in hemp item production and also the recently developed dying techniques.
Third, a comparison was made between Chunghyae-wang’s trade activities and those of the former kings. And then the reason of his dethronement(twice) is analyzed. His trade activities were unique and quite active compared to the previous efforts, yet was also made possible thanks to such early attempts and mistakes. And because his trade activities were so aggressive and so eventually occupied almost all of his national ruling platform, the Yuan government had to raise an issue regarding his harsh treatment of his subjects, while other entities involved in trade activities had to put Chunghyae-wang’s profit-making in check. That led to(or partially contributed to) not only his first dethronement in 1332 but also his second and final dethronement in 1343, and ultimately his death.

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