부산대학교 도서관

The cause of the First Sino-Japanese War is generally found in the military conflict on the Korean Peninsula due to intensifying conflicts between the Qing Dynasty and Japan over Choson Dynasty. However, this view has the premise that the Qing Dynasty, which has declined due to the invasion of the Western powers, and Japan, which succeeded in modernization. It is interpreted that the Sino-Japanese War, which brought about the decline of the Qing Dynasty and the modern era of Japan, is a confrontation between tradition and modern times. However, this article is not the cause of the First Sino-Japanese War, but rather the origin. It can be found in Russia, Qing, and Japan after the Imjin War, which newly emerged in East Asia in the 17th century. Both the Qing Dynasty and Japan signed modern territorial treaties with Russia for the first time, which was the result of Russia's eastward movement and southward movement. Russia's eastward movement and southward took place over a long period of 200 years, and in the process, geopolitical perceptions of the Qing Dynasty and Japan also gradually changed. The modern territorial struggle between Russia and Japan, symbolized by the Irie(伊犁) incident and the Taiwan incident, brought a dramatic opportunity to the geopolitical changes of the Qing Dynasty. In the 19th century, China was strongly stimulated by the geopolitical challenges of Russia and Japan, which led to debates among reformers. In the end, it was not the Western powers that played the biggest role in China's geopolitical changes, but Russia and Japan, which were neighboring territories. The territorial threat of Russia and Japan emerged as a subordinate nationalization strategy for Coson Dynasty, which eventually led to the First Sino-Japanese War.