This paper purports to study the role of Shijing in theKorea-China diplomacy during the Joseon Dynasty through therecords of ≪The Annals of The Joseon Dynasty≫. In Paragraph1 of Chapter 2, the aspects of the professions responsible for diplomatic documents and the difficulties they had with regards tothe translation for the diplomacy with China in Joseon Dynastyare studied. In Paragraph 2, it was studied what the diplomacy ofJoseon was like, which had the nature of being subservience toChina.
In Paragraph 1 of Chapter 3, Shijing, which was used in thediplomatic documents between the two countries, were analyzed byChinese documents and Joseon documents. In Paragraph 2 ofChapter 3, the role of Shijing that was exchanged between the Kingof Joseon and the Chinese envoy as a conversation was analyzed.
Through the above study, it was also possible to know theaspects of Korea-China diplomacy during the Joseon Dynasty.Also, it was possible to see the efforts of Joseon to notcontaminate the order with the subservience relationship toChina. It is found that such role of Shijing played as a lubricantthat protected the status of each country while keeping up thedignity of Joseon and China in their diplomacy.