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KoreaChapter 14:iva
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A “shrimp between whales”,
Korea actsas a land
bridge between
China and Japan.[Image source:
http://icho2006.kcsnet.or.kr/image/img_main/i_ie_en_korea_map.jpg]
Koreans claim descent from
Tangun, son of the bear god,
who founded the first Korean
kingdom 5,000 years ago.
[Image source:http://kissmykimchi.blogspot.com/2007/10/national-foundation-day.html]
People from northern Asia settled in small villages and
practiced shamanism.
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Han China invaded Korea in 109 B.C.
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Korea regained independence following the fall of the Han dynasty in A.D. 220.
[Image source: http://www.uncp.edu/home/rwb/lecture_asian_civ.htm]
By 313 Korea had splintered
into three kingdoms –
Silla, Paekche, and Koguryo.
[Image source: http://www.cotf.edu/ete/images/modules/korea/k3kings.gif]
Between 313 and 668 Korea adopted many elements of Chinese culture, among them . . .
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Confucianism,
. . .Buddhism, . . .
. . . calligraphy, and . . .
. . . government.
Koguryo artists produced mammoth cave art murals.
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Queen Sondok of Silla built an astronomical observatory.
Silla conquered all of Korea in 668.
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Korean potters became
renownedfor their
porcelain.[Image source: http://antiquesandthearts.com/Archives/Images/AuctionWatch05-
21-2002-12-55-15Image1.GIF]
Unique dance masks were produced for religious festivities and ceremonies.
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Korean scholars compiled the Tripitaka Koreana – the largest collection of Buddhist scriptures in the world.
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The Yi dynasty established the
kingdom of Choson in 1392.
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Their capital was located at Hanyang (present-day Seoul).
[Image source: http://www.indiana.edu/~easc/resources/korea_slides/architecture/slides/IMG0060.jpg]
Schools teaching the Confucian
Classics were
established to prepare
civil service candidates.
[Image source: http://www2.kenyon.edu/Depts/Religion/Fac/Adler/Reln471/Images471/exam.jpg]
Neo-Confucianism
became the state-doctrine under the Yi
dynasty.
[Image source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Cho_K
wang-jo_in_1750.jpg/150px-Cho_Kwang-jo_in_1750.jpg]
Under neo-Confucianism, Koreans adopted a rigid social order similar to that of China’s.
[Image source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Korean_Confucianism-Chugyedaeje-01.jpg]
King Sejong contributed to
greater literacy when he simplified the written language.
[Image source: http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/bender4/eall131/EAHReadings/
module02/imageforcontent/sejong.jpg]
The hangul is an alphabet composedof fourteen consonants and ten vowels.
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Scholars continued to
write in Chinese characters, whereas the
hangul was used to preserve folk
tales and popular
literature. [Image source: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/0c/c6/e6/0cc6e64e99424beaa3789233ba6c50ba.jpg]
King Sejong also ordered the creation of a bronze rain
gauge, resulting in the oldest record of rainfall in the world.
[Image source: http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/korea/p/DSC02198.JPG]
The Yi dynasty managed to repel a Japanese invasion in 1592.
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Admiral Yi-Sun-shin used ironclad warships (“turtle ships”) to destroy the Japanese fleet.
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Following the defeat of Japan, Korea increasingly avoided
contact with the outside world.
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