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To Whom it May Concern
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First of
all, I'd like to express my respect for publishing such an excellent and
valuable textbook. ¸ÕÀú ÈǸ¢ÇÏ°í °¡Ä¡ÀÖ´Â ±³°ú¼¸¦ ÃâÆÇÇÏ´Â ´ç½Å¿¡°Ô Á¸°æÀ» Ç¥ÇÕ´Ï´Ù.
I'm _______________
and working with VANK, a cyber diplomatic mission. Please allow me to
introduce you to VANK. Àú´Â »çÀ̹ö ¿Ü±³»çÀý´Ü ¹ÝÅ©(VANK)¿¡¼ Ȱµ¿Çϰí ÀÖ´Â ----- û³âÀÔ´Ï´Ù.
VANK is a
cyber diplomatic mission whose goal is to raise the national image of Korea
throughout the world. We are carrying out a variety of activities to introduce valuable
information about Korea to foreigners around the world who don't know about
Korea, and show a national image of a "Friendly Korea, Friends of the
World" in the hearts of the people around the world by promoting
international exchange with foreigners and Koreans. ¹ÝÅ©´Â Àü¼¼°è¿¡ Çѱ¹ÀÇ ±¹°¡ À̹ÌÁö¸¦ ³ôÀ̱â À§ÇØ È°µ¿ÇÏ´Â »çÀ̹ö ¿Ü±³»çÀý´ÜÀÔ´Ï´Ù. ¿ì¸® ´Üü´Â Çѱ¹À» ¸ð¸£´Â Àü¼¼°è ¿Ü±¹Àε鿡°Ô Çѱ¹À» ¹Ù¸£°Ô ¾Ë¸®°í, Àü¼¼°è ¿Ü±¹Àΰú Çѱ¹ÀÎÀ» ´ë»óÀ¸·Î ¿Â. ¿ÀÇÁ¶óÀÎ ±¹Á¦ ±³·ù¸¦ µµ¸ðÇÏ¿© ¼¼°èÀÎÀÇ ¸¶À½¼Ó¿¡ ¡°Ä£±ÙÇÑ Çѱ¹, ¼¼°èÀÎÀÇ Ä£±¸¡± ¶ó´Â ±¹°¡ À̹ÌÁö¸¦ ½É±â À§ÇÑ ´Ù¾çÇÑ È°µ¿À» Àü°³Çϰí ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù.
Recently I
had an opportunity to review a textbook that was published by your company. I'd
like to inform you that there were some important contents seriously damaging to
the national image of Korea and possibly damaging to future diplomatic
relations between two countries. 'World History", published by your
company, describes the following statement on page 356, saying "As a
Korean proverb, 'Bursting the back of shrimp because of the fight between
whales,' the whole history of Korea was the one of invasion, amalgamation and
colonization by other countries." Àú´Â À̹ø¿¡ ±Í»ç°¡ ¹ß°£ÇÏ´Â ±³°ú¼¸¦ º¸´Ù°¡ Çѱ¹ÀÇ ±¹°¡ À̹ÌÁö¸¦ ½É°¢ÇÏ°Ô ÈѼսÃ۸ç ÇâÈÄ ¾ç±¹°£ ¿Ü±³ ¹®Á¦±îÁö ¹ßÀüµÉ ¼ö ÀÖ´Â Áß´ëÇÑ ¹®Á¦°¡ ÀÖÀ½À» ¹ß°ßÇØ À̸¦ ¾Ë·Áµå¸®°íÀÚ ÇÕ´Ï´Ù. ±Í»ç¿¡¼ ¹ß°£ÇÏ´Â ±³°ú¼ "¿ùµå È÷½ºÅ丮" ÀÇ 356 page ¿¡´Â ¾Æ·¡¿Í °°Àº ³»¿ëÀÌ ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù. "Çѱ¹ÀÎ ¼Ó´ã¿¡ °í·¡½Î¿ò¿¡ »õ¿ìµî ÅÍÁöµíÀÌ, Çѱ¹ÀÇ Àüü ¿ª»ç´Â ´Ù¸¥³ª¶ó¿¡ ÀÇÇØ ħ·«¹Þ°í, ÇÕº´µÇ°í, ½Ä¹ÎÁöµÈ ¿ª»ç¿´´Ù"
When you
described Korean history in connection with China and Japan, by using the metaphor
of a shrimp jammed between two whales - whales being China and Japan, a shrimp being
Korea, you seriously damaged the national image of Korea. I think it came from a
misunderstanding of the historical relations between Korea and China, as well
as between Korea and Japan. ´ç½ÅÀº Çѱ¹ÀÇ Àüü ¿ª»ç¿¡¼ Áß±¹, ÀϺ»°úÀÇ °ü°è¸¦ ¼¼úÇÒ¶§ °í·¡»çÀÌ¿¡ ³¤ »õ¿ì¸¦ ¿¹·Î µé¸é¼, Áß±¹°ú ÀϺ»Àº °í·¡·Î, Çѱ¹Àº »õ¿ì·Î ºñÀ¯ÇÏ¿© Çѱ¹ÀÇ ±¹°¡ À̹ÌÁö¸¦ ½É°¢ÇÏ°Ô ºñÇÏÇÏ¿© ¼¼úÇß½À´Ï´Ù. ÀÌ´Â Çѱ¹°ú Áß±¹, Çѱ¹°ú ÀϺ»°úÀÇ ¿Ö°îµÈ ¿ª»ç ÀνĿ¡¼ ³ª¿Â ³»¿ëÀ̶ó »ý°¢µË´Ï´Ù.
First,
ancient Japan was not an influential nation on Korea in culture, politics or
economics. On the contrary, Korea introduced Japan to letters, religion,
academy, arts, civil engineering, and agricultural technology, from ancient to
modern times. Especially, the Korean Baekje Kingdom of ancient times sent many
scholars and doctors such as Ajiggi and Wangin to Japan, spreading the Thousand
Character Text and Chinese letters throughout Japan. Accordingly, Baekjei made
a major contribution in creating Aska culture in Japan. ¿ì¼± ÀϺ»ÀÇ °æ¿ì, °í´ë ÀϺ»Àº ¹®ÈÀû, Á¤Ä¡Àû, °æÁ¦ÀûÀ¸·Î Çѱ¹¿¡ ¿µÇâ·ÂÀÖ´Â ±¹°¡°¡ ¾Æ´Ï¾ú½À´Ï´Ù. ¹Ý¸é¿¡ Çѱ¹Àº °í´ëºÎÅÍ ±Ù¼¼¿¡ À̸£±â±îÁö ÀϺ»¿¡ ¹®ÀÚ, Á¾±³, Çй®, ¿¹¼ú, Åä¸ñ, ³ó°æ±â¼úµîÀ» Áö¼ÓÀûÀ¸·Î ÀüÆÄÇÏ¿´°í, ƯÈ÷ °í´ë Çѱ¹ÀÇ ¹éÁ¦ ¿Õ±¹Àº ¾ÆÁ÷±â, ¿ÕÀÎ ¹Ú»çµîÀÇ ÇÐÀÚµéÀ» ÀϺ»¿¡ ÆÄ°ßÇÏ¿© õÀÚ¹®, ÇÑÇеîÀ» ÀϺ»¿¡ ÀüÆÄÇÏ¿© ÀϺ»ÀÇ ¾Æ½ºÄ« ¹®È¸¦ Çü¼ºÇϴµ¥ °áÁ¤ÀûÀÎ ¿ªÇÒÀ» Çß½À´Ï´Ù.
Moreover,
in the case of China, because China used to be superior to many other counties
in East Asia for a long time, most surrounding countries used to pay tribute to
China for its economical stabilization and international exchange. Paying
tribute was a pattern of friendship in East Asia that made all possible
relations of diplomatic exchange, cultural exchange and trade exchange. Accordingly,
relations of tribute don't necessarily mean relationships of forced dependency
under European feudal society or colonization (that which rules and is ruled).
Further, China in its history had many other tribes besides the 'Han' to
control the land of China, such as the Kitan, the Tungus, the Mongol and the
Manchurian. ¶ÇÇÑ Áß±¹ÀÇ °æ¿ì¿¡´Â, Áß±¹ÀÌ ¿À·£ ±â°£µ¿¾È µ¿¾Æ½Ã¾ÆÀÇ ´Ù¸¥ ¸¹Àº ³ª¶ó¿¡ ºñÇØ¼ ¿ì¼¼Ç߱⠶§¹®¿¡ ÁÖÀ§ ³ª¶óµéÀº °æÁ¦Àû ¾ÈÁ¤°ú ±¹Á¦ ±³·ù¸¦ À§ÇØ Á¶°ø°ü°è¸¦ ¸Î¾î¿Ô½À´Ï´Ù. µ¿¾Æ½Ã¾Æ¿¡¼ Á¶°øÀ̶õ ¿ìÁ¤ÀÇ °ü°è·Î½á µÎ³ª¶ó°£ÀÇ °ø½ÄÀûÀÎ ¿Ü±³ Á¢ÃË, ¹®È ±³·ù, ¹«¿ª °Å·¡°¡ °¡´ÉÇÑ °ü°è¸¦ ÀǹÌÇÕ´Ï´Ù. µû¶ó¼ Á¶°ø°ü°è¶õ À¯·´ÀÇ ºÀ°Ç»çȸ¿¡¼ÀÇ °¾ÐÀûÀÎ ¼Ó±¹ °ü°è³ª, Áö¹èÇϰí Áö¹è¹Þ´Â ½Ä¹ÎÁö °ü°è¸¦ ÀǹÌÇÏÁö´Â ¾Ê½À´Ï´Ù. ±×¸®°í Áß±¹ ¶ÇÇÑ Àüü¿ª»ç¿¡¼ ÇÑÁ·ÀÌ ´Üµ¶À¸·Î Áß±¹¿µÅ並 Áö¹èÇѰÍÀÌ ¾Æ´Ï¶ó °Å¶õ, ¿©Áø, ¸ù°ñ, ¸¸ÁÖÁ·µî ½Ã±âº°·Î ´Ù¾çÇÑ ¹ÎÁ·ÀÌ Áö±ÝÀÇ Áß±¹¿µÅ並 Áö¹èÇØ¿Ô½À´Ï´Ù.
On the
contrary, though there were several times of invasion by China and Japan
through 5,000 years of Koran history, there was no period when the independence
of Korea was damaged, but for the time of the Japanese Occupation Period.(1910
- 1945) You may find systematically well grounded information at the
following website. ¹Ý¸é¿¡ Çѱ¹Àº 5õ³âÀÇ ¿ª»çµ¿¾È Áß±¹°ú ÀϺ»¿¡ ÀÇÇØ ¸î ¹ø ħ·«À» ¹Þ¾ÒÁö¸¸, Çѱ¹ÀÌ ´Ù¸¥ ³ª¶ó¿¡ ÀÇÇØ ÀÚÄ¡±ÇÀ» °Å»´çÇÑÀûÀº ÀϺ» °Á¡±â (1910~1945) ¸¦ Á¦¿ÜÇϰí´Â ¾ø¾ú½À´Ï´Ù. ¾Æ·¡ À¥»çÀÌÆ®¸¦ ¹æ¹®ÇÏ¸é °ü·ÃÇØ¼ ü°èÀûÀÎ ±Ù°Å ÀڷḦ º¸½Ç¼ö°¡ ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù,
The
reasons why you think of Korea as a shrimp between whales, in spite of this sound
historical evidence, are because under Japanese Occupation, Japanese scholars
twisted and bended Korean history to destroy the national pride and
national identity of Korea, and after the independence of Korea, Japan spread wrong
information about Korea to the world. ´ç½ÅÀÌ ÀÌ·¯ÇÑ ºÐ¸íÇÑ ¿ª»çÀûÀÎ »ç½Ç¿¡µµ ºÒ±¸Çϰí, Çѱ¹ÀÇ ±¹°¡ À̹ÌÁö¸¦ °í·¡»çÀÌ¿¡ ³¤ »õ¿ì¶ó°í ¾Ë°í ÀÖ´Â °ÍÀº ÀÏÁ¦ °Á¡±â ½ÃÀý ÀϺ» ÇÐÀÚµéÀÌ Çѱ¹ÀεéÀÇ ÀÚ±à½É°ú ±¹°¡ Á¤Ã¼¼ºÀ» ÈѼսÃ۰íÀÚ Çѱ¹¿¡ ´ëÇÑ ¿Ö°îµÇ°í À߸øµÈ ¿ª»ç°üÀ» ¸¸µé¾î ½Ä¹Î Áö¹èÀÇ µµ±¸·Î ÀÌ¿ëÇß°í, ÇØ¹æ ÀÌÈÄ¿¡´Â ÀϺ»ÀÌ ±× ³»¿ëÀ» Àü¼¼°è¿¡ È«º¸Ç߱⠶§¹®ÀÔ´Ï´Ù.
¡Ø ¡æTruth in
scholarship
http://www.prkorea.com/english/textbook/maintruth.html
Above all, the fact that such a credential publisher like you has
distorted knowledge about Korean history because of the influence of Japanese
scholars who neglected the academic truth, hurts all Koreans of the
past, present and future. Many people in the world will be influenced by the distorted
knowledge about Korea from the books of your company. ¹«¾ùº¸´Ù ´ç½Å ȸ»ç°°Àº À¯¸íÇÑ ÃâÆÇ»ç¿¡¼ Çй®Àû Áø½ÇÀ» ¹«½ÃÇÑ ÀϺ» ÇÐÀÚµéÀÇ ¿µÇâÀ» ¹Þ¾Æ Çѱ¹¿¡ ´ëÇØ ¿Ö°îµÈ ¿ª»ç°üÀ» °®°í ÀÖ´Ù´Â »ç½ÇÀº, °ú°Å¿Í ÇöÀç ½Ã´ëÀÇ ¸ðµç Çѱ¹Àο¡°Ô °¡½¿¾ÆÇ »óó¸¦ ÁÖ°í ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù. ¿Ö³ÄÇϸé Àü¼¼°è ¸¹Àº »ç¶÷µéÀÌ ´ç½Å ȸ»ç°¡ °¡Áö°í ÀÖ´Â ±×¸©µÈ Çѱ¹ À̹ÌÁö¿¡ ¿µÇâÀ» ¹Þ°Ô µÇ±â ¶§¹®ÀÔ´Ï´Ù.
Therefore,
we, cyber diplomatic mission VANK, hereby, request with our sincerity and
courtesy, you to correct the afore-mentioned statement of "a shrimp jammed
between whales" from a textbook published by your company and
reflect the true national image of Korea to the world. You may be
able to find numerous references to introduce the true national image of Korea
to the world by a visit to the website below. µû¶ó¼ ÀúÈñ »çÀ̹ö ¿Ü±³»çÀý´Ü ¹ÝÅ©¿¡¼´Â ±Í ÃâÆÇ»ç¿¡¼ ¹ßÇàÇÏ´Â ±³°ú¼¿¡ "°í·¡ »çÀÌ¿¡ ³¤ »õ¿ì"¶ó°í Ç¥ÇöµÈ ºÎºÐÀ» ½ÃÁ¤ÇÏ¿© ¼¼°è¼Ó¿¡ Çѱ¹ÀÇ ±¹°¡À̹ÌÁö¸¦ ¿Ã¹Ù¸£°Ô ¹Ý¿µÇØ ÁÙ°ÍÀ» Á¤ÁßÈ÷ ¿äûÇÕ´Ï´Ù. ¾Æ·¡ À¥»çÀÌÆ®¸¦ ¹æ¹®ÇϽøé ÀúÈñ ´Üü¿¡¼ ¼¼°è¿¡ Çѱ¹ÀÇ ±¹°¡ À̹ÌÁö¸¦ ¿Ã¹Ù¸£°Ô ¼Ò°³ÇÒ¼ö ÀÖ´Â ´Ù¾çÇÑ Âü°í ÀڷḦ º¼¼ö ÀÖ½À´Ï´Ù.
¡Ø ¡æ Korea history
http://www.prkorea.com/history/history.html
We will remain
in silence while we wait for your sincere reply at your earliest convenience. VANK's
Dream is for all people in the world to learn about Korean history and culture,
become "familiar with Korea" and "make friends" that share
dreams and friendships with everyone in the world. This can be done though our
own effort to make a good image of Korea. ÀúÈñ ¹ÝÅ©ÀÇ ²ÞÀº ¼¼°è¿¡ Çѱ¹ÀÇ ±¹°¡ À̹ÌÁö¸¦ ³ôÀÌ·Á´Â ¿ì¸®µéÀÇ ÀÚ¹ßÀûÀÎ ³ë·ÂÀ¸·Î Àü ¼¼°è ¿Ü±¹ÀεéÀÌ Çѱ¹¿¡ ´ëÇÑ ¹Ù¸¥ ¿ª»ç¿Í ¹®È¸¦ Á¢ÇÏ´Â °ÍÀ̰í, À̸¦ °è±â·Î 21¼¼±â Çѱ¹ÀÌ ¡°Ä£±ÙÇÑ Çѱ¹¡±, Àü¼¼°è ¸ðµç ÀÌ¿Í ²Þ°ú ¿ìÁ¤À» ³ª´©´Â ¡°¼¼°èÀÎÀÇ Ä£±¸¡± ·Î º¯ÈµÇ´Â °ÍÀÔ´Ï´Ù.
Thank you
and Best Regards. ÀÌ¿¡ ´ëÇÑ ´ç½ÅÀÇ ´äº¯À» ±â´Ù¸³´Ï´Ù.
Sincerely yours.
* Contact to VANK
email: textbook@prkorea.org
"Though it is the smallest of all
your seeds, yet when it grows, it is
the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its
branches." - [Matthew] -
VANK stands for - ¡®Voluntary Agency Network of Korea¡¯, a
civilian international exchange association in Korea. We work for the promotion
of Korea's image all over the world by Internet. VANK was established in 1999
by volunteers, and now has over 12,000 members. Using email or internet we
serve as cyber travel guides to overseas Koreans and foreigners so that they
can understand Korean culture and language better, and at the same time we hope
we build international friendships. VANK is a great chance for those who are
interested in Korean language, arts, cultural education, history, geography,
social studies, sciences to learn about our country, and we also welcome with
open arms anyone just wanting to make Korean friends!
(1) reference
1) Their claim that the East Sea has some historical
precedent worked, as some major book and map publishers, educational web sites
and other reference materials now include the East Sea name along with the Sea
of Japan. - worldatlas.com-
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/asia/eastsea.htm
2) We provide Korean pictures to the Photoatlas.com,
you can see the pictures at this site :
http://photoatlas.com/pics/pictures_of_korea.html
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