HIST 2751H Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Unequal Treaty, Penghu, Donghak Peasant Revolution
5 Apr 2016
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Yi dynasty- korea was known as choson at this ime (1392-1897) Increased confucian inluence- adopted in full force: higher centralizaion in terms of government, adopion of the examinaion system (only the nobles could take the exams) Loss of rights of women in this period. State slavery ended in 1801; private slavery abolished in 1894. Populaion decline (19th century)- droughts, natural disasters, disease. Socio-economic diiculies: rise of popular movements (religious movements) Founder: choe je-u (1824-1864: born in the yangban class; elite, his family was at the lower end of the elite class. His father tried the exam six imes and failed. Realized that korea needed a new religion: he was concerned with the naional survival; but also the inequaliies within korea, donghak = eastern learning or korean naional teaching; 1860. Inluences on donghak: confucianism, buddhism, daoism, shamanism and local folk beliefs (charms and healing rights, chrisianity: lord of heaven , omnipotent god, most important came from confucianism- teaching of confucian scholar,
