KOREA 50 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Concubinage, Honeycomb Structure, Hangul
Document Summary
Goryeo - buddhism; joseon - state divestment from buddhism -> private religion. Wang geon - merchant background; yi - military officer. Gor(cid:455)eo did(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e se(cid:374)se of ho(cid:373)oge(cid:374)ous ide(cid:374)tit(cid:455) (cid:449)he(cid:374) fou(cid:374)ded (cid:894)3 ki(cid:374)gdo(cid:373)s(cid:895) Wang geon (wang kon) unified armies through marriage joseon already had unified army. Silla"s (cid:272)ollapse: failure to united 3 kingdoms. Over-entrenchment of capital-based elites (focus power in the capital, which goryeo did(cid:374)"t do(cid:895) Continued conqueror-conquered relationship: lack of control in regions outside of gyeongju, caste s(cid:455)ste(cid:373) (cid:271)ased o(cid:374) (cid:862)(cid:271)o(cid:374)e ra(cid:374)k(cid:863) Have to belong to the hollowed bone to become a queen/king. O(cid:374)l(cid:455) (cid:862)hollo(cid:449)ed (cid:271)o(cid:374)e(cid:863) or (cid:862)true (cid:271)o(cid:374)e(cid:863) (cid:272)ould hold high ra(cid:374)k. Instead, wang geon learned from this and married 29 women -> bring outsiders in. Samguk yusa (memorabilia of the three kingdoms: collection of legends, folktales and historical accounts relating to the three kingdoms of. Korea includes record of the dangun legend, which records the founding of gojoseon as the first korean nation: complied by buddhist monk iryon.
