Talk:Korean Empire

Major Expansion of Article

Because this article is absurdedly uninformative of an otherwise rather well-documented and detailed chapter of Korean history, I believe that the most appropriate course of action for any interested editor/user would be to drastically revamp and expand this article. The changes will be drastic, but I will try to keep them as neutral as possible by adding references to sources from a diversity of countries. Of course, I myself speak only three languages (English, Japanese, and Korean), and my Korean is rather limited, so I will need a translator. I hear that Wikipedia has quite a lot of multilingual editors up to requests; perhaps I'll try consulting one of them.--Jh.daniell 15:54, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Not cutting one's hair for life - an example of the influence of Confucian philosophy?

Does anyone have a source for the claim that traditional Korean and Japanese hairstyles and the tradition of never cutting one's hair had roots in Confucian philosophy? I find this claim very hard to believe, because the tradition for all adult Japanese males and females to do up their hair in a bun dates back at least to the time of the earliest extant Japanese texts, such as the Nihon Shoki and Kojiki, in which one finds orders from the Kami: wotoko womina, kotogotoku kami yupiageyo ("Men, women, all of you tie up your hair!"). A solemn order from a Shinto god to do up one's hair would not appear to have any connection to China or Chinese culture, let alone Confucianism. Secondly, it is important to keep in mind that Confucianism does not and has never had a strong influence over the Japanese, so although the Koreans might have at some time in history associated some Confucian idea with their traditional hairstyle after the appearance of major Confucian influence in Korean culture, it is likely that such a Confucianism-associated Korean rationalization of their grooming traditions is something akin to a folk etymology and has no basis in historical fact. Ebizur 04:23, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Was the "Sam-taeguk" really the flag of the Korean Empire? And does it have to be that big in the table? CronusXT 19:53, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

why "empire"?

If an empire is a state that extends dominion over areas and populations distinct culturally and ethnically from the culture/ethnicity at the center of power, how does this qualify, if it extends only to the Korean peninsula? Chris 21:14, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Well, the same might be applied to Japan for most of its history... but more to the point, this article is not about *a* Korean empire, but rather the Korean Empire; regardless of how inaccurate the name may be, it is still the name of this period in Korean history. -- Visviva 21:19, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Because for a lot of its history the Korean peninsula was a collection of kingdoms, each with its own monarch, and hence the ruler who could claim to rule the whole lot was titled "emperor". The same applied to Japan. The reason Kojong resurrected the title was as a declaration of autonomy from China following China's defeat by the Japanese, since China had originally demanded Korean monarchs stop using the term "emperor" after Korea became a suzerain state of China. --Dan (talk) 21:07, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

It's more to do with the Korean ego and inferiority complex than to do with the size of the land. 86.134.236.70 (talk) 00:07, 20 February 2009 (UTC)

Coat of Arms

Imperial Coat of Arms.

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Korean Empire? The smallest empire in the world?

It is pretty amazing that you call this tiny peninsula an Empire. Compare to Briths Empire, Ottoman Empire, Roma Empire etc. This "Korean Empire" maybe the smallest "empire" in this world. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.0.107.200 (talk) 16:00, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

• I was shocked too. Until I read the article and learned that it was an empire in the sense of being ruled by an emperor.Steve Dufour (talk) 12:35, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

The small emperor I can think of is the Emperor Moth, then the Emperor Penguin, then maybe the Korean Emperor, followed by the Japanese Emperor. 86.136.61.102 (talk) 02:40, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

not a puppet state？

Korean Empire also established by Full Support of Japan.

Joseon was not considered as an independent state but when Japan wins over Qing China, Korea independent by Shimonoseki Treaty, and it country established like Manchukuo. 112.162.197.118 (talk)

It was puppet state, but later it was forced to became part of Japanese empire, but wasn't puppet state.--Korsentry 01:34, 15 June 2009 (UTC)

Population

27million by 1907? I think this is incorrect, it should be close to 20million.--Korsentry 01:34, 15 June 2009 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by KoreanSentry (talk • contribs)

Er, 니마, 저기 얘기 끝엔 ~~~~ 해주셔야죠. Well, that's partly right, but nobody has the details about the population at that time.Kfc18645 talk 11:57, 17 June 2009 (UTC)