@article{MDB5F8237,
title = "Chinese Constitutionalist and Revolutionist Views on Chosŏn Korea: Based on Liáng Qĭchāo and Zhāng Bĭnglín’s Reception of an Chunggŭn",
journal = "Academia Koreana",
year = "2016",
issn = "1520-7412",
doi = " 10.18399/acta.2016.19.1.006",
author = "Yi, Hye-gyung",
keywords = "An Chunggŭn (1914), An Chunggŭn (安重根), Liáng Qĭchāo (梁啓超), Zhāng Bĭnglín (章炳麟), Itō Hirobumi (伊藤博文)",
abstract = "This article explores how Liáng Qĭchāo 梁啓超 (1873–1929) and Zhāng Bĭnglín 章炳麟 (1868–1936) received the assassination of Itō Hirobumi 伊藤博文 (1841–1909) by An Chunggŭn 安重根 (1879–1910) to further develop their discourse on Chosŏn Korea. Since Liáng and Zhāng represent the two major strands of the Chinese modernization movement, the constitutionalists and the revolutionists respectively, an analysis of their views should shed some useful light upon the broader Chinese perspectives on this event. Did Liáng and Zhāng judge An’s direct activism according to their specific political inclinations? How did they view the emergence of Japan as a new great power in Asia, and also its political leader, Itō? How did they perceive the Japanese-Korean relationship in terms of Chinese national interests? By considering, and hopefully answering, these questions, it becomes possible to present a more objective under-standing of the Chinese viewpoint on An and Chosŏn Korea than has hitherto been available."
}