近代以来,传统的中朝宗藩关系受到了西方国际关系体制的严重挑战。日本以国际法理念,通过一系列条约的签订,使自己在朝鲜的权利逐渐扩大和合法化。日本要实现对外扩张,必然要冲破中朝宗藩关系的束缚。与此相反,清政府无视世界发展潮流,固守旧制,处处陷入被动,给日本以可乘之机,最终丧失了在朝鲜的宗主国地位,自身的安全也面临着严重的威胁。 Since the modern times, the traditional relations between the two countries have been seriously challenged by the Western system of international relations. With the concept of international law, Japan has gradually expanded and legitimized its rights in North Korea through a series of treaties. If Japan wants to achieve its outward expansion, it will inevitably break the shackles of the relations between the suzerainty and the vassal states. On the contrary, the Qing government ignored the trend of world development, adhered to the old system and was passive everywhere. It gave Japan an opportunity to take advantage of it and eventually lost its sovereign status as a nation in North Korea. As a result, its own security faces serious threats.