Ming atrocities in Korea during Imjin war

I'm kind of surprised that Ming was depicted that way in that drama.  Ming and Yi Chosen were probably the closest allies with each other at the time, and that was one of the periods when China and Korea had the closest ties.  During both the Imjun War and the Manchurian invasion, the two nations stuck by each other.  The drama reflects more of the current relationship between the two countries rather than history.  (The beef really goes back to the Korean War -- my impression is that South Koreans hate Mainland China about as much as North Koreans hate America.  The Koguryo debates just make things so much worse.)  It's sad how current events can distort our views of history.

Do you think imjin war is the key factor which contributed to the downfall of Ming dynasty?

Ming China and Choson Korea were realy like bothers.

Edited by YanWang - 15-Feb-2007 at 04:04

Originally posted by Killabee Originally posted by The Charioteer http://img.kbs.co.kr/drama/drama_photo/004/002/004002055_L.jpg     http://img.kbs.co.kr/drama/drama_photo/004/002/004002064_L.jpg   The above two scenes are reconstruction of Ming soldiers raping Korean women during Imjin war.   It seems these are scenes come from a Korean history drama about Admiral Yi Sun Sin?   Could anyone provide more detailed historical documents that record the atrocities commited by Ming army during Imjin war?   Because from one sided view of Chinese history text books regarding Imjin war, these atrocities are never mentioned.   So i would really like to hear different opinions.         I saw this korean-made TV drama. I think it is called "The immortality of Yi Shun Shin" or something like that.   I would say all the Chinese in this drama were depicted as despicable, treacherous, lousy and wimpy scumbag and all they did was conspiring with the Japanese to ransack and loot the Korean.   It made no mention of the contribution done by Chinese. Not even the Battle of Pyongyang and Kaesong where the Chinese successfully drove the Japanese from the Northern Korea theater. All the battles were fought bravely and won by the Korean.   Chen Lin was depicted as an asshole and all he wanted was refraining YI from engaging and  taking credit from him.    Didn't make any mention about how the  70 years old Veteran admiral Tang Chi Lung (was played by an actor who looks like 40 years his junior) sacrificed himself during the battle Noryong.

And can someone answer my question about the Ming's capability to aid Korea, as explained in my earlier post? Anyone who are expert in Chinese history?

There was similar thread made a while back.

It's definitely true, at least in the first korean campaign. Under Konishi Yukinaga, Kato Kiyomasa, etc. the Japanese swept through Korea quickly and with ease. It was not until the Ming invaded that the Japanese were pushed off the peninsula. The combination of Ming reinforcements and Yi Sun Shin's naval victories was what mainly allowed the Koreans to win in the end, in my opinion.

My English is not so good to trabslate all  them with appropriate words ,

Edited by stupidumboy - 05-Feb-2007 at 01:27

I just realised what was it about the pictures that puzzled me - the uniform of the Ming soldiers.