. Corea, the hermit nation : I. Ancient and mediaeval history. II. Political and social Corea. III. Modern and recent history. acts, and to beg his investitureas sovereign. This was graciously granted. The ancient name ofCho-sen was re-\aved, and at the petitioners request conferred uponthe country by the emperor, who profited by this occasion to en-force upon the Coreans his calendar and chronology—the recep-tion of these being in itself alone tantamount to a sufficient de-claration of fealty. Friendship being now fully established withthe jMings, the king of Cho-sen sent a number of 3ouths,
. Corea, the hermit nation : I. Ancient and mediaeval history. II. Political and social Corea. III. Modern and recent history. acts, and to beg his investitureas sovereign. This was graciously granted. The ancient name ofCho-sen was re-\aved, and at the petitioners request conferred uponthe country by the emperor, who profited by this occasion to en-force upon the Coreans his calendar and chronology—the recep-tion of these being in itself alone tantamount to a sufficient de-claration of fealty. Friendship being now fully established withthe jMings, the king of Cho-sen sent a number of 3ouths, sons ofhis nobles, to Nanking to study in the imperial Chinese college. NEW CHO-SEN. 79 The dynasty tlitis established is still the reigning family inCorea, though the direct Hne came to an end in 1864. The Co-reans in their treaty with Japan, in 1876, dated the document ac-cording to the 484th year of Cho-sen, reckoning from the acces-sion of Ni Taijo to the throne. One of the first acts of the newdynasty was to make a change in the location of the nationalcapital. The new dynasty made choice of the city of Han Yang,.
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