Suicide to Assassination: A Comparative Study of the Views of Min Yŏnghwan and an Chunggŭn on Peace in East Asia and Their Responses to the Japanese Protectorate Over Korea

Finch, Michael C. E.

doi:10.18399/acta.2012.15.2.002

Acta Koreana

2012

DOI: 10.18399/acta.2012.15.2.002

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Suicide to Assassination: A Comparative Study of the Views of Min Yŏnghwan and an Chunggŭn on Peace in East Asia and Their Responses to the Japanese Protectorate Over Korea

Michael C. E. Finch¹

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The Afterlives of An Chunggŭn in Republican China: From Sinocentric Appropriation to a Rupture in Nationalism

Han¹

2016

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This article examines Sino-Korean cultural relations in the 1920s and 1930s, focusing on representations of Korean anticolonial activist An Chunggŭn's assassination of Japanese prime minister Itō Hirobumi (1909). Two different junctures in particular are considered: the release of the film Patriotic Spirit by Chŏng Kitak in 1928 and the Wanbaoshan Incident in 1931. Patriotic Spirit, a transnational dramatization of An's story, was the first Chinese film directed by a Korean; the Wanbaoshan Incident was a violent conflict between Chinese and Koreans caused by the unofficial "discord-provoking policy" of the Japanese empire. The article tracks changes in Chinese responses to An's story before and after these two junctures, showing that Patriotic Spirit subtly communicated transnationalism while also catering to the Sinocentric taste of Chinese audiences. It also examines how Chinese print media in 1928 appropriated Patriotic Spirit for nationalist ends. Following the Wanbaoshan Incident, An's story resurfaced in China. Despite heightened anti-Korean sentiment in China at this time, An avoided Chinese condemnation because the Chinese unwittingly categorized him as Korean yet not Korean. Hence, while An's story became integrated into Chinese discourse, this study reveals, the sign of An Chunggŭn caused a rupture in the Han/non-Han divide embedded in Republican-era Chinese nationalism.

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The Afterlives of An Chunggŭn in Republican China: From Sinocentric Appropriation to a Rupture in Nationalism

Han¹

2016

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Chinese Constitutionalist and Revolutionist Views on Chosŏn Korea: Based on Liáng Qĭchāo and Zhāng Bĭnglín’s Reception of an Chunggŭn

Gyung¹

2016

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Suicide to Assassination: A Comparative Study of the Views of Min Yŏnghwan and an Chunggŭn on Peace in East Asia and Their Responses to the Japanese Protectorate Over Korea

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The Afterlives of An Chunggŭn in Republican China: From Sinocentric Appropriation to a Rupture in Nationalism

The Afterlives of An Chunggŭn in Republican China: From Sinocentric Appropriation to a Rupture in Nationalism

Chinese Constitutionalist and Revolutionist Views on Chosŏn Korea: Based on Liáng Qĭchāo and Zhāng Bĭnglín’s Reception of an Chunggŭn

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