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1、TheSouthKoreanNation’sObedienceSouthKorea,asmallcountryonthefareasternedgeofAsia,hasalonghistoryofbeingasatelliteofancientJapanandChina(FactsaboutKorea).WhentheSouthKoreannationencounteredstrongpowers,theytendedtobeobedienttothestrongpowersratherthanchallengethedil
2、emma.The“Strongpowers”mentionedabovenotonlyreferstodifficultiesoccurredinnaturalenvironmentsbutalsotostrongstatesallovertheworld,suchastheUnitedStates,Japan,China,someinternationalinstitutionsandsoon.ManyaspectsofSouthKorean’slifeprovideconvincingproofsfortheirobed
3、ientattitudetowardstrongpowers.ChinahashadapowerfulinfluenceontheKoreaPeninsulainitshistory,whichwasthepredecessoroftheSouthKorea.TherewasatimeinKoreanhistorythatthreenativeKoreankingdoms,Koguryo,PaekcheandSillawerefoundedinthepeninsula,butnoneofthemwerestrongenoug
4、htooverthrowtheothertwokingdomsandformauniteddynasty.Oneofthesekingdoms,Silla,afterforminganalliancewiththeTangDynasty,conqueredKoguryoandPaekcheby668AD(Koreahistory).ItshowsthatancientKoreahandleditsinternalaffairswiththehelpofstrongpowersinsteadofonitsown.Theirwa
5、ytohandlepoliticalproblemsindicatestheirworshipofstrongpowers,resultingintheirattitudestopowerfulforces.ItalsooccurredinhistorythatKoryofirstsurrenderedtotheSongDynastybutimmediatelybecameavassaloftheLiaoDynastywhenthelattergrewstronger.WhentheYuanDynastybecamethem
6、ostpowerfulstateandthreatenedtoreplacebothSongandLiao,KoreaabandonedLiaoandsurrenderedtoYuanimmediately.TheKoreannationhadtosurrendertothecontinentalmonarchs,nomattertheyaregoodorbad,whichfullyshowsKorea’sdependenceandweakness(Li21).TheSouthKoreannation,calledas“wh
7、itecompatriots”(Li87),alwayspreferredtowearwhiteclothes.Thereasonbesidethephenomenonwasthedyedeficiency,indicatingtheloweconomiclevelandmaterialshortage(Li88).Facingthedyedeficiency,theKoreannationdidnottrytosolvetheproblemdirectly,likeimprovingtheskillofextracting
8、dyefromtheherbageandreducingthecostofproducingdye,butpassivelysurrenderedtotheproblem.Theyhandledthedyedeficiencybyformingthecultureofwhiteclothe