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Because the Joseon had a much smaller population and its crimminals were less numerous.Yes, but that really doesn't mean anything. Joseon also sent criminals north, but the region was and still is thinly populated. Korea was able to retain the territory because its newly conquered regions were not as expansive, but retaining Siberia with convicts/Manchus/other ethnic groups would not really be a long-term solution unless more than 10 million or so were actively relocated, which would be extremely hard to do if the Russians begin to colonize and claim the area.
Out of a population of 300 million, sending off maybe .3% of the native troublemakers (there was a larger population than that) up north for a decade and you have 10 million.
Because it is awfully deterministic. The scholar-gentry demands it. The period of the Song is what I would consider a dynastic change period as a total of four Dynasties existed at the time. Xia, Liao, Jin, and Song. The Song was the only native Han state, but far from the only Sinicized Dynasty. Similar to the Five Dynasty, Ten Kingdoms period; and the Northern and Southern Dynastic Period which was the Jin state.Your statement sounds awfully deterministic. With the exception of the Sima Jin, it took about 400 years for China to be reunified under the Sui, and China was divided for more than 50 years after the Tang collapsed. Granted, China was reunified even after long periods of division, but if North and South China had similar populations, which was not the case before 1000, then China could remain divided. For comparison, China was divided between the Jurchen Jin and the Southern Song for more than a century, and there is no reason to assume that a similar situation would not have existed for at least several centuries more if the Mongols had not invaded. Also, if China was divided between two states, the northern one would have been more concerned about repelling excursions from the south rather than sending colonists north.
And depending on the ideas, the Zhou period was another exceptionally long period of dynastic division. Before the man claimed title of 'Emperor' was created after the Three Emperors, Five Sovereigns, period by the Qin, the Zhou had all the hallmarks of Chinese civilization (along with the previous ones) and the texts of the Zhou were incredibly influential in later generations such as the work of Confucius to the scholar-gentry which remained a near constant factor inside Chinese civilization until the late Qing era.
Oh, it was ridiculous, but it was interesting to see Chinese perceptions. The main focus of the map was not to highlight the absurdity of the Ming, but to capitalize upon the Yuan remnant in the Mongol region. As, at the time, it seemed to control significant portions of it.With all due respect to the mapmaker, that map is simply ridiculous. It makes almost as much sense as Goguryeo controlling northern Manchuria/Siberia, or Joseon claiming "Gando," which was supposedly a significant amount of southeastern Manchuria. I've seen other maps by Chinese mapmakers that have exaggerated Tang claims in Manchuria/Siberia as well, and this is no different. Tibet was under Ming influence, but the Ming most likely did not control it directly in political terms, and it's also telling that the map does not indicate exactly where Chinese control ends in the northeast, so for all we know, it might suggest that the empire extended to the Kamchatka Peninsula. Ming control probably did not expand far beyond what is now Primorsky Krai.
However, I would not say that it matches some of the Korean absurdities. The Ming could have done that if it wanted to, and probable bankrupt itself in the process if done too quickly.
Oh, its surprisingly easy to do. The Nanbu, Akita, Date, and others of the north of Honshu that had ports tried to reach Hokkaido's trade and beat back the Matsumae's monopoly. At one time it was plausible for a division of Ezochi into different zones of Daimyo control. If, instead, it was changed to a less radical approach of allowing one of the Daimyo to pursue similar relationships elsewhere up north providing they cede some of their domain to the Shogunate. For this one of them would need to be convinced that taking them over would provide a profit. Possible unofficial trade with the Russians could easily pursuade a Daimyo to operate under this, provided an opportunity for it arises.Okay, but again, finding a reason to actively expand into Siberia would be unlikely.
My point is that compared to Jurchen, Mongol, Chinese, or Japanese expansionism into Siberia, Korea is far less likely to do so. The Ming/Chinese State is more capable of dealing with those buffer states than Korea ever could be, and during the Qing they more or less succeeded. Only by then the game was up.I already know what the Joseon viewpoints were, but if they found ways to expand north along the coastline due to trading and drought/famine-related reasons, then it would not necessarily exclude them from doing so. In fact, in 1433, Sejong conquered what was previously considered Jurchen territory for security reasons, which could be another reason. I'm not saying that it would be necessarily be hard to colonize Siberia if a state found a way to get there, but in the case of the Ming and Joseon, they would have to find a way to deal with the states in Manchuria/Central Asia first, and Japan would need to find a suitable reason to expand north. However, after expanding north, they would only be able to retain parts of Siberia for a few decades/centuries unless the government(s) actively pushed for settlers to head north.