A critique of Samuel Hawley's The Imjin War: Japan's Sixteenth-Century Invasion of Korea and Attempt to Conquer China — Part 1.5: Truce and negotiations (Patreon)

Part 1.5 of my book critique translation that primarily deals with the negotiations that happened between the first and second invasion.

Continue reading at my Great Ming Military blog.

TRIVIA:

If we go by literal translation, Hideyoshi actually demanded the marriage of a "beautiful young maiden of Great Ming (大明美少女)" instead of "princess". Apparently he really dig Chinese chick, that sick bast...man of culture.