Talk:Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–1598)

Joseon Army

Last year I created a Joseon Army page, so if anyone can help me edit this page you might find some information there for you to put into the Imjin War page. Koreanidentity10000 2:10, 12 February 2021 (UTC)

Thank you, great job. — Sadko (words are wind) 13:23, 17 June 2023 (UTC)

Add something about the attack weakening China and allowing the Manchurians to defeat the Ming

Hey I'm not exactly an expert on this topic so I don't want to go ahead and edit but I'm taking AP World History right now and one of the most important effects of the attack according to the AP Curriculum was that it devastated Korea and weakened China's defense in the Northeast, which started the collapse of the Ming. This combined with rebellions was the reason that the Manchu people could take over Beijing and establish the Qing dynasty. I don't exactly have any sources supporting this other than my history textbook and I'll try to see if I can find something but I'm new to both this and relatively new to Wikipedia editing so I'm not making any changes, just putting it out there. Awesome 314159 (talk) 04:15, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

The AP curriculum is not entirely accurate. Most sources suggest that the Imjin War was only one of several issues that led to the decline and subsequent collapse of the Ming dynasty. Given that the rise of the Manchu/Qing occurred just decades after the Imjin War, the war would have had to be a catastrophic drain on the Ming imperial treasury and northeastern garrisons if it alone contributed to the collapse of the Ming. It was a drain on the treasury, but not to that degree, and the war did not actually deplete China's northeast garrisons - the wars/rebellions elsewhere in China did. The factors contributing to the decline of the Ming were widespread and ranged from the costs of wars/rebellions in China's west and south (which together cost far more than the Ming defense of Joseon Korea) to natural disasters and pestilence to the rising power of eunuchs in the Ming imperial court leading to court intrigues and national instability.

You might want to read the Ming Dynasty section on its decline.

I realize this answer comes well after your AP exam, but hopefully this helps explain some things.Ecthelion83 (talk) 01:23, 16 January 2023 (UTC)

Overreliance on one source

Vast sections of the article are paraphrasing a single book. I appreciate that it is clearly written and mostly informative, however, for such a large scale military campaign it would be nice to have a more balanced perspective. Currently, this seems like an introduction to Mr Turnbull's class on the topic.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_with_a_single_source Dawet (talk) 21:01, 24 June 2023 (UTC)

Among the 360 footnotes, there are 142 calls for Turnbull. It isn't clear if (Turnbull, Stephen, p. 040, 2008) and (Turnbull, Stephen, p. 040, 2002) are the same reference or not. Moreover, it isn't clear why page 39 was never referenced. Pldx1 (talk)