KOREA 50 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Silk Road, Pentatonic Scale, Centrality
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Wonhyo represents golden age of silla kingdom. Major influence in east asia (commentary avatamsaka) Jang bogo: trader & merchant: no absolute power in east asia. Key figures: hwarang: (cid:862)flo(cid:449)er (cid:455)outh(cid:863, queen seondeok: wise ruler, kim yusin (gim yusin, choe chiwon: passes civil exam in tang; later became official in silla, wonhyo. Modified use of chinese ideas careful balancing of alliances religion and philosophy. Mix of buddhism-confucianism just i(cid:374) a (cid:272)e(cid:374)tur(cid:455) buddhis(cid:373) is (cid:449)ell de(cid:448)eloped & did(cid:374)"t (cid:374)eed to depe(cid:374)d o(cid:374) ta(cid:374)g: technical abilities. Buddhism in classical korea: state religion among all three kingdoms, mah (cid:455) (cid:374)a (cid:894)the (cid:862)great (cid:448)ehi(cid:272)le(cid:863)(cid:895) buddhis(cid:373) Main form of buddhism in east asia: roles of monasteries. State ritual, educational and cultural centers, local supervisions. The vajrasamadhi sutra: lege(cid:374)dar(cid:455) (cid:862)lost(cid:863) (cid:449)ork; ki(cid:374)g ordered o(cid:374)l(cid:455) the (cid:271)est s(cid:272)holars (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:449)rite (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)e(cid:374)tar(cid:455) o(cid:374) it, possibly composed within silla, wonhyo composed commentary sometime before death in 686, concept of original enlightenment, ce(cid:374)tralit(cid:455) of (cid:862)e(cid:373)pti(cid:374)ess(cid:863)
