Note 115 — INLEIDING.

“Ever since the Manchus established themselves in China, Corea has paid regular tribute to Peking, and been a most faithful vassal.There was, until fifteen years ago (1883), absolutely no interference on the part of China in her internal administration: all she had to do was to send as tribute a few local articles of nominal value at fixed periods, for which she received a liberal return; and to apply for recognition when a demise of the Royal crown took place and a successor inherited” (Parker, China Past and Present, bl. 340).