前言壬辰倭乱中,朝鲜国王逃出都城,蒙尘于义州,国土沦为战场,人口骤减,国家濒于危亡。派遣援兵赴朝鲜的明朝也日趋衰败,处处发生民乱,加上后金兴起,日本的丰臣秀吉政权垮台,德川家康掌权,如此等等,使东亚产生了巨大变化。尤其是明朝持续八年派援兵入朝鲜,其间,在兵力与财政上均给予了朝鲜莫大的支援。《烯藜室记述》第17卷中的宣祖朝故事本末·乱中时事总录中对此有所记载: Foreword During the Imjin Waeran invasion, the kings of North Korea escaped from the capital city and became dusty in Yizhou. As the territory became a battlefield, the population plummeted and the country was on the verge of death. The Ming dynasty, which sent reinforcements to North Korea, was also deteriorating day by day, with civil unrest everywhere. Coupled with the rise of the latter-day gold, the fall of Toyotomi Hideyoshi administration in Japan and the take-off of Tokugawa Ieyasu and so forth have brought about tremendous changes in East Asia. In particular, the Ming Dynasty sent eight aid troops to North Korea for eight years, during which it gave tremendous support to both North Korea and South Korea in terms of both military strength and financial strength. “Report of the room for the name of the” Room of the Astragalus, "volume Xuan Zu Chapters 18th Anniversary of the current events recorded in the chaos: