Week 10

This week we discussed the Imjin War, using a text written by a Korean who had been taken to Japan as a Captive. This was interesting as Korea was nearly defeated the Japanese, but the Korean navy defeated them. We discussed some of the eyewitness accounts of the situation, and they were also fascinating. I think the eye witness accounts are super emotional and impactful in terms of finding the history relevant. In the readings that we did, the man was scared, since he didn’t know what was going on, he seemed frightened and angry. I think this is a normal reaction to the events that he was in. Throughout the reading, he continually insults the Japanese, relating their culture to barbarians. However, he also confused the Chinese and the Koreans a lot throughout the text.