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Confucian Statecraft and Korean Institutions

Author : James B. Palais
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295805110
Total Pages : 1288 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (958 download)

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Download or read book Confucian Statecraft and Korean Institutions written by James B. Palais and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 1288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seventeenth-century Korea was a country in crisis—successive invasions by Hideyoshi and the Manchus had rocked the Choson dynasty (1392-1910), which already was weakened by maladministration, internecine bureaucratic factionalism, unfair taxation, concentration of wealth, military problems, and other ills. Yu Hyongwon (1622–1673, pen name, Pan’gye), a recluse scholar, responded to this time of chaos and uncertainty by writing his modestly titled Pan’gye surok (The Jottings of Pan’gye), a virtual encyclopedia of Confucian statecraft, designed to support his plan for a revived and reformed Korean system of government. Although Yu was ignored in his own time by all but a few admirers and disciples, his ideas became prominent by the mid-eighteenth century as discussions were underway to solve problems in taxation, military service, and commercial activity. Yu has been viewed by Korean and Japanese scholars as a forerunner of modernization, but in Confucian Statecraft and Korean Institutions James B. Palais challenges this view, demonstrating that Yu was instead an outstanding example of the premodern tradition. Palais uses Yu Hyongwon’s mammoth, pivotal text to examine the development and shape of the major institutions of Choson dynasty Korea. He has included a thorough treatment of the many Chinese classical and historical texts that Yu used as well as the available Korean primary sources and Korean and Japanese secondary scholarship. Palais traces the history of each of Yu’s subjects from the beginning of the dynasty and pursues developments through the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. He stresses both the classical and historical roots of Yu’s reform ideas and analyzes the nature and degree of proto-capitalistic changes, such as the use of metallic currency, the introduction of wage labor into the agrarian economy, the development of unregulated commercial activity, and the appearance of industries with more differentiation of labor. Because it contains much comparative material, Confucian Statecraft and Korean Institutions will be of interest to scholars of China and Japan, as well as to Korea specialists. It also has much to say to scholars of agrarian society, slavery, landholding systems, bureaucracy, and developing economies. Winner of the John Whitney Hall Book Prize, sponsored by the Association for Asian Studies

Confucian Statecraft and Korean Institutions

Author : James B. Palais
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780295999036
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Confucian Statecraft and Korean Institutions

Author : James B. Palais
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 9780295974552
Total Pages : 1296 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (745 download)

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Download or read book Confucian Statecraft and Korean Institutions written by James B. Palais and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 1296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yu Hyongwon (1622-1673; pen name, Pan'gye), a recluse scholar, responded to this time of chaos and uncertainty by writing his modestly titled Pan'gye surok (The Jottings of Pan'gye), a virtual encyclopedia of Confucian statecraft, designed to support his plan for a revived and reformed Korean system of government.

Confucian Reform in Chosŏn Korea

Author : Woosung Bae
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 100058884X
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Confucian Reform in Chosŏn Korea written by Woosung Bae and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-11-30 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pan’gye surok (or "Pan’gye’s Random Jottings") was written by the Korean scholar and social critic Yu Hyŏngwŏn(1622-1673), who proposed to reform the Joseon dynasty and realise an ideal Confucian society. It was recognised as a leading work of political science by Yu’s contemporaries and continues to be a key text in understanding the intellectual culture of the late Joseon period. Yu describes the problems of the political and social realities of 17th Century Korea, reporting on his attempts to solve these problems using a Confucian philosophical approach. In doing so, he establishes most of the key terminology relating to politics and society in Korea in the late Joseon. His writings were used as a model for reforms within Korea over the following centuries, inspiring social pioneers like Yi Ik and Chŏng Yakyong. Pan’gye surok demonstrates how Confucian thought spread outside China and how it was modified to fit the situation on the Korean peninsula. Providing both the first English translation of the full Pan’gyesurok text as well as glossaries, notes and research papers on the importance of the text, this four volume set is an essential resource for international scholars of Korean and East Asian history.

Korean Higher Education

Author : Jeong-Kyu Lee
Publisher : 지문당
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Korean Higher Education written by Jeong-Kyu Lee and published by 지문당. This book was released on 2002 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Confucian Transformation of Korea

Author : Martina Deuchler
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Confucian Transformation of Korea written by Martina Deuchler and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legislation to change Korean society along Confucian lines began at the founding of the ChosÅ n dynasty in 1392 and had apparently achieved its purpose by the mid seventeenth century. Until this important new study, however, the nature of KoryÅ society, the stresses induced by the new legislation, and society's resistance to the Neo-Confucian changes imposed by the ChosÅ n elite have remained largely unexplored. To explain which aspects of life in KoryÅ came under attack and why, Martina Deuchler draws on social anthropology to examine ancestor worship, mourning, inheritance, marriage, the position of women, and the formation of descent groups. To examine how Neo-Confucian ideology could become an effective instrument for altering basic aspects of KoryÅ life, she traces shifts in political and social power as well as the cumulative effect of changes over time. What emerges is a subtle analysis of ChosÅ n Korean social and ideological history.

Confucian Reform in Chosŏn Korea

Author : Hyŏng-wŏn Yu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781032181622
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (816 download)

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Download or read book Confucian Reform in Chosŏn Korea written by Hyŏng-wŏn Yu and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Pan’gye surok was written by the Korean scholar and social critic Yu Hyŏngwŏn (1622-1673), who proposed to reform the Joseon dynasty and realise an ideal Confucian society. It was recognised as a leading work of political science by Yu’s contemporaries and continues to be a key text in understanding the intellectual culture of the late Chosŏn period. Yu describes the problems of the political and social realities of 17th Century Korea, reporting on his attempts to solve these problems using a Confucian philosophical approach. In doing so, he establishes most of the key terminology relating to politics and society in Korea in the late Chosŏn period. His writings were used as a model for reforms within Korea over the following centuries, inspiring social pioneers like Yi Ik and Chŏng Yakyong. Pan’gye surok demonstrates how Confucian thought spread outside China and how it was modified to fit the situation on the Korean peninsula. Providing both the first English translation of the full Pan’gyesurok text as well as glossaries, notes and research papers on the importance of the text, this four volume set is an essential resource for international scholars of Korean and East Asian history."--Page i.

Confucian Reform in Chosŏn Korea

Author : Hyŏng-wŏn Yu
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781032181547
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Confucian Reform in Chosŏn Korea

Author : Hyŏng-wŏn Yu
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ISBN 13 : 9781032181592
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Confucian Academies in East Asia

Author :
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004424075
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Confucian Academies in East Asia written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confucian Academies in East Asia is a first comprehensive look at the history and legacy of these unique institutions in China, Taiwan, Japan, Vietnam, and both Koreas.

The 1728 Musin Rebellion

Author : Andrew David Jackson
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824852737
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book The 1728 Musin Rebellion written by Andrew David Jackson and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2016-01-31 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1728 Musin Rebellion: Politics and Plotting in Eighteenth-Century Korea provides the first comprehensive account in English of the Musin Rebellion, an attempt to overthrow King Yŏngjo (1694–1776; r. 1724–1776), and the largest rebellion of eighteenth-century Korea. The rebellion proved unsuccessful, but during three weeks of fighting the government lost control of over a dozen county seats and the rebels drew popular support from the inhabitants of three southern provinces. The revolt profoundly unsettled the early years of Yŏngjo's reign and had considerable influence on the subsequent course of factionalism. In this keenly reasoned study, Andrew David Jackson investigates the causes, development, suppression, legacy, and significance of the bloody Musin Rebellion. The Musin Rebellion had its roots in the factional conflicts surrounding Yŏngjo's troubled succession to the throne. Jackson analyzes an aspect of the conflict previously neglected by researchers, namely how the rebels managed to create an armed rebellion. He argues that the rebellion should be understood in the context of other attempts on power by factional members that occurred over a hundred-year period leading up to 1728. By exploring the political and military context of the event, the book demonstrates that the Musin Rebellion was not driven by systemic breakdown, regionalism, or ideology, but was a failed attempt by political players to take control of the court. Central to the eruption of violence in 1728 was the intervention of key rebel plotters, several of whom were serving officials with access to state military resources. The book provides an in-depth view of factional politics in the Chosŏn court, and the final section deals with the rebel legacy, bringing to the fore issues about managing, forming, and directing the historical memory of the rebellion.

Blood and Soil

Author : Ben Kiernan
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300137931
Total Pages : 735 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Blood and Soil written by Ben Kiernan and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 735 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A book of surpassing importance that should be required reading for leaders and policymakers throughout the world For thirty years Ben Kiernan has been deeply involved in the study of genocide and crimes against humanity. He has played a key role in unearthing confidential documentation of the atrocities committed by the Khmer Rouge. His writings have transformed our understanding not only of twentieth-century Cambodia but also of the historical phenomenon of genocide. This new book—the first global history of genocide and extermination from ancient times—is among his most important achievements. Kiernan examines outbreaks of mass violence from the classical era to the present, focusing on worldwide colonial exterminations and twentieth-century case studies including the Armenian genocide, the Nazi Holocaust, Stalin’s mass murders, and the Cambodian and Rwandan genocides. He identifies connections, patterns, and features that in nearly every case gave early warning of the catastrophe to come: racism or religious prejudice, territorial expansionism, and cults of antiquity and agrarianism. The ideologies that have motivated perpetrators of mass killings in the past persist in our new century, says Kiernan. He urges that we heed the rich historical evidence with its telltale signs for predicting and preventing future genocides.

Confucian Reform in Chosŏn Korea

Author : Woosung Bae
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000588823
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Confucian Reform in Chosŏn Korea written by Woosung Bae and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-11-30 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pan’gye surok (or "Pan’gye’s Random Jottings") was written by the Korean scholar and social critic Yu Hyŏngwŏn(1622-1673), who proposed to reform the Joseon dynasty and realise an ideal Confucian society. It was recognised as a leading work of political science by Yu’s contemporaries and continues to be a key text in understanding the intellectual culture of the late Joseon period. Yu describes the problems of the political and social realities of 17th Century Korea, reporting on his attempts to solve these problems using a Confucian philosophical approach. In doing so, he establishes most of the key terminology relating to politics and society in Korea in the late Joseon. His writings were used as a model for reforms within Korea over the following centuries, inspiring social pioneers like Yi Ik and Chŏng Yakyong. Pan’gye surok demonstrates how Confucian thought spread outside China and how it was modified to fit the situation on the Korean peninsula. Providing both the first English translation of the full Pan’gyesurok text as well as glossaries, notes and research papers on the importance of the text, this four volume set is an essential resource for international scholars of Korean and East Asian history.

The Journal of Korean Studies, Volume 19, Number 1 (Spring 2014)

Author : Clark W. Sorensen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442236698
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book The Journal of Korean Studies, Volume 19, Number 1 (Spring 2014) written by Clark W. Sorensen and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-06-27 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The University of Washington-Korea Studies Program, in collaboration with Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, is proud to publish the Journal of Korean Studies. In 1979 Dr. James Palais (PhD Harvard 1968), former UW professor of Korean History edited and published the first volume of the Journal of Korean Studies. For thirteen years it was a leading academic forum for innovative, in-depth research on Korea. In 2004 former editors Gi-Wook Shin and John Duncan revived this outstanding publication at Stanford University. In August 2008 editorial responsibility transferred back to the University of Washington. With the editorial guidance of Clark Sorensen and Donald Baker, the Journal of Korean Studies (JKS) continues to be dedicated to publishing outstanding articles, from all disciplines, on a broad range of historical and contemporary topics concerning Korea. In addition the JKS publishes reviews of the latest Korea-related books. To subscribe to the Journal of Korean Studies or order print back issues, please click here.

The Korean Tradition of Religion, Society, and Ethics

Author : Chai-sik Chung
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1315442310
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book The Korean Tradition of Religion, Society, and Ethics written by Chai-sik Chung and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By making Korea a central part of comparative history of East Asian religion and society, this book traces the evolution of Korean religion from the oldest representation to that of the current day by utilizing wide-ranging interdisciplinary and comparative resources. This book presents a holistic view of the enduring religious tradition of Korea and its cultural and social significance within the wider horizons of modern and globalizing changes. Reflecting nearly five decades of the author’s work on the subject, it presents an understanding of the main current in Korean religion and social thought throughout history. It then goes on to examine discourses on values and morality involving the relationship between religion and society, in particular the human meaning of economy and society, which is one of the most central and practical problems in the contemporary world with global relevance beyond Korea and Asia. Addressing the overview of the Korean religious tradition in the context of its impact on the making of modern society and economy, this book will appeal to students and scholars of Religious Studies, Korean Studies and Asian Studies.

A Concise History of Korea

Author : Michael J. Seth
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538128993
Total Pages : 617 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book A Concise History of Korea written by Michael J. Seth and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in a fully revised and updated edition including new primary sources and illustrations, this comprehensive book surveys Korean history from Neolithic times to the present. Michael J. Seth explores the origins and development of Korean society, politics, and still little-known cultural heritage from their inception to the two Korean states of today. Telling the remarkable story of the origins and evolution of a society that borrowed and adopted from abroad, Seth describes how various tribal peoples in the peninsula came together to form one of the world’s most distinctive communities. He shows how this ancient, culturally and ethnically homogeneous society was wrenched into the world of late-nineteenth-century imperialism, fell victim to Japanese expansionism, and then became arbitrarily divided into two opposed halves, North and South, after World War II. Tracing the post-war years since 1945, the book explains how the two Koreas, with their deeply different political and social systems and geopolitical orientations, evolved into sharply contrasting societies. South Korea, after an unpromising start, became one of the few postcolonial developing states to enter the ranks of the first world, with a globally competitive economy, a democratic political system, and a cosmopolitan and dynamic culture. North Korea, by contrast, became one of the world’s most totalitarian and isolated societies, a nuclear power with an impoverished and famine-stricken population. Seth describes and analyzes the radically different and historically unprecedented trajectories of the two Koreas, formerly one tight-knit society. Throughout, he adds a rare dimension by placing Korean history into broader global perspective. All readers looking for a balanced, knowledgeable history will be richly rewarded with this clear and concise book.

A History of Korea

Author : Michael J. Seth
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0742567176
Total Pages : 595 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (425 download)

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Download or read book A History of Korea written by Michael J. Seth and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2010-10-16 with total page 595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this comprehensive yet compact book, Michael J. Seth surveys Korean history from Neolithic times to the present. He explores the origins and development of Korean society, politics, and still little-known cultural heritage, showing how this ancient, culturally and ethnically homogeneous society was wrenched into the modern world, ultimately to be arbitrarily divided into two opposed halves after World War II. Tracing the six decades since, Seth explains how the two Koreas, with their deeply different political and social systems and geopolitical orientations, evolved into sharply contrasting societies. Throughout, he adds a rich dimension by placing Korean history into broader global perspective and by including primary readings from each era. All readers looking for a balanced, knowledgeable history will be richly rewarded with this clear and concise book.