EAS103H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Choe Chiwon, Taejo Of Goryeo, Goryeo
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What were the bases of social and political power in warrior societies in goryeo. Goguryeo goryeo (short form, paving way for the word korea) The success of every great undertaking of our state depends upon the favour and protection of buddha. Therefore, the temples of both the meditation and doctrinal. School should be built and monks should be sent out to those temples to minister to. In the past we have always had a deep attachment for the ways of china and all of our institutions have been modeled upon those of tang. But our country occupies a different geographical location and our people"s character is different from that of the chinese. Hence, there is no reason to strain ourselves unreasonably to copy the chinese way. Khitan is a nation of savage beasts, and its language and customs are also different. Its dress and institutions should never be copied. Whole buddha text hand carved into wooden pieces.
