Neo-Confucianism
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Neo-Confucianism is the cultural revival of Confucianism as an ethical, social, and religious system, which dominated Chinese philosophy from the 13th through the 19th century. Although its origin lie
Bronze statue of Zhou Dunyi in White Deer Grotto Academy
Portrait of Cho Kwangjo
Portrait of Chu Văn An (1292–1370), prominent Vietnamese Confucianist teacher in 14th century.
Joseon
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Joseon, officially Great Joseon State, was a dynastic kingdom of Korea that existed for 505 years. It was founded by Taejo of Joseon in 1392 and replaced by the Korean Empire in 1897. The kingdom was
Neo-Confucianism
…actions of low ranking samurai in the decades prior to the Meiji Restoration (1868), in which the Tokugawa shogunate (1600–1868) was overthrown. In Joseon Korea, neo-Confucianism was established as the state ideology. The Yuan occupation of the Korean Peninsula introduced Zhu Xi's school of neo-Confucianism…
King Taejo's portrait
The throne room at Gyeongbokgung
Portrait of Ha Yeon, who served as Chief State Councillor during King Sejong's reign
A page from the Hunmin Jeongeum Eonhae, a partial translation of Hunminjeongeum, the original promulgation of the Korean alphabet