Knowledge on international law was actively required because korea was in the international circumstance where western powerful countries appeared and the qing dynasty and japan promoted their modernization , and people were greatly concerned about how korea should survive in such situation . 周辺に西欧列強が現れ、清朝や日本が近代化するという国際環境にあって、朝鮮はいかに生存を図るべきかということが、人々の主要な関心事として浮上しはじめていたため、国際法の知識は積極的に求められていた。