Ⅱ. The Basis of the Joseon Dynasty's 500-year history
1) The systemic basis for the Joseon Dynasty
The basis for Joseon kingship was Confucianism. All other religions were excluded, making Confucianism the foundation for the Joseon system as a whole, and the primary subject of education for king, crown prince, and peasant alike.
The virtues of Confucianism were humanity, righteousn
Thirdly, the special governmental structure or system of Joseon dynasty had contributed to its longevity by diminishing the possibilities of illegality and corruption occurring. ‘Three Offices’ is a good example. Three Offices is a collective name for three offices that functioned as major organ of press and provided checks and balance on the king and the officials. While modeled after Chines
Why were there three queens only in Silla?
Social Background.
→①Golpum System(골품제도)
②Symbol of Richness and Fecundity
③Remain the Tradition of a matrilineal
society in Ancient Times
④Admit the Confucianism lately
* In 15century Joseon social was more
preference daughter and after it succession
to property.
Goals
Sugichiin(수기치인): to exert self-dicipline to move and control other people
Beop Seonghyeon(법성현): to emulate people who fulfill human nature
Learning which was actually needed in practical life
Goals
Kyungsechiyong(경세치용): learning provides substantive benefits
Leeyonghusaeng(이용후생): improve nation’s life
Silsagusi(실사구시): attitude which sear
Baekje
In addition to these Goguryeo tomb paintings, one of the tombs from Baekje during the later period when their capital was at Buyeo contains very fine examples of wall paintings with depiction of animals. In Buyeo itself, may fine tiles have been discovered with landscape designs that also display the artistic sensitivities of the artisans of this period.
2-1 Culture of Recording
One special aspect about the politics and governing of the Joseon Dynasty is that it had a very sophisticated and complex recording system. All the events, works that happened in the country were recorded by specialists, and those records were passed down to the descendents with great care.
Here are some of the detailed explanations:
1) Portrait of Kings
The Jose
Andong Tour
Introduction to Andong
Andong is the home of Confucianism in Korea. During the Joseon Dynasty, Andong attracted scores of Confucian scholars becoming a pioneeringConfucian thought. This city also contained the highest number of private schools from the Joseon Dynasty as well as Confucian schools. To this day, Andong still has around 26 private schools fro
3. Genre paintings in Korea
There are various types of Korean genre painting dating back from the pre-history period to the Joseon dynasty.
It can be classified to 3 types depending on characteristic
Genre Painting on Religion
Korean genre painting started from the pre-historic period, appearing in the ancient tomb mural of the Three Kingdoms, ancient tomb mural of Balhae’s period, an
Joseon Dynasty included not only Yeosu and Hansanseom, where the naval forces were located, but includes Busan and Ungcheon as, where the Japanese soldiers stayed, as well. Furthermore, all territories of The Joseon Dynasty are sovereign states. This is based on the independent history of The Joseon Dynasty. Admiral Yi took a firm attitude against letting the Japanese soldiers, who were devastati
These days, two new terms start to emerge in the media in Korea. The words are ‘Hell joseon, or 'dirt spoon’. These words have originally been used by a minority of netizens on a particular website, which was then picked up by the media, and that's how we come to know the words. The phrase ‘Hell joseon’ is combination of two words ‘Hell’ and ‘joseon.’ When they are combined, it me