In the MBC TV drama “Lover,” which is popular these days, there is a scene where Gakhwa, a princess of the Qing Dynasty, founded by the Manchurians, says this to Lee Jang-hyun, the main character
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(1)prisoner hunter blue mask = imperial woman
(2)The angry Joseon people
(3)I thought it was one of the two
(4)They’re scared of us
(5)We’re the orangies
(6)I’ll ignore it’s just ignore them
Like that line mentioned in the play, the Koreans actually ignored the Jurchens as barbarians So what’s the reason
First, the Jurchens invaded Joseon frequently and often engaged in exploitation, but there was also a reason why it was older than that
The Jurchen were called the Eupru or Malgal people in the Three Kingdoms of Korea
However, Chinese history books refer to the ancestors of the Jurchen people, Eupru and Malgal, who lived in caves, made toilets in the middle of the house, had no letters, and washed their faces with urine
In other words, the ancestors of the Jurchens built houses in caves and dug the ground in the middle of them and set up toilets, so they must have had an unbearable bad smell in their bodies
So it’s no wonder that the Jurchens were treated like barbarians, who were far behind in their culture, by the Koreans who learned history and remembered it
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However, if you look at the fact that the Jurchen conquered China twice by establishing the Golden and Qing dynasties in the 12th and 17th centuries, you shouldn’t think that the national power is weak just because the culture is inferior