RELG 253 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Filial Piety, Silhak, Shamanism In Siberia
17 Mar 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Confucian domination of education and government bureaucracy. Similar to what we saw in the koryo dynasty. Get a new name separate you from your childhood. After capping ceremony start thinking about marriage. The union of two family not just the man and wife. Ducks were a symbol of matrimonial harmony. The ancestor rituals will begin a year after the death. In the joseon dynasty , manuals would be given out so everyone would be able to do rituals properly. Prohibition against marrying someone with the same surname. Clarification of distinction between main wife and concubine. Down in writing that the main wife is the most important. Laws to say how many buddhist sects and monasteries are allowed. How many people can be monks and nuns. 1660 monks and nuns forbidden to enter the capital city; monkey and nun consigned to the inferior class (lowest class) Buddhist soldiers loyal to the nation.
