Under the rule of Japan, merchants privileged in the Yi Dynasty period went to ruin failing to adapt to the trend of the era, while some conventional landlords who raised funds by buying and selling the land of which prices violently fluctuated gained power as emerging capitalists.
日本の統治下で、李朝時代の特権商人が時代に対処できず没落する一方、旧来の地主勢力の一部が乱高下する土地の売買などによって資金を貯め、新興資本家として台頭してきた。