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Author Ahn, Juhn Young

Title Buddhas & ancestors religion and wealth in fourteenth-century Korea / Juhn Y. Ahn
Published Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource ( xv, 243 pages)
Series Korean studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
A study of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute Columbia University
Korean studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies.
Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University.
Contents Introduction -- Sowing the seeds of salvation with wealth -- Dark and mysterious ways -- This way of ours -- All the king's men -- Buddhas and ancestors -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary of Chinese characters -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary Two issues central to the transition from the Kory to the Chos n dynasty in fourteenth-century Korea were social differences in ruling elites and the decline of Buddhism, which had been the state religion. In this revisionist history, Juhn Ahn challenges the long-accepted Confucian critique that Buddhism had become so powerful and corrupt that the state had to suppress it. When newly rising elites (many with strong ties to the Mongols) used lavish donations to Buddhist institutions to enhance their status, older elites defended their own adherence to this time-honored system by arguing that their donations were linked to virtue. This emphasis on virtue and the consequent separation of religion from wealth facilitated the Confucianization of Korea and the relegation of Buddhism to the margins of public authority during the Chos n dynasty
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 02, 2018)
Subject Wealth -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
Wealth -- Religious aspects -- Confucianism.
Buddhism -- Korea -- Customs and practices
Buddhist funeral rites and ceremonies -- Korea
Confucianism -- Korea -- Customs and practices
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Confucian -- Korea
RELIGION / Comparative Religion.
HISTORY / Asia / Korea
Wealth -- Religious aspects -- Confucianism
Wealth -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Confucian
Confucianism -- Customs and practices
Civilization
Buddhist funeral rites and ceremonies
Buddhism -- Customs and practices
Richesse -- Aspect religieux -- Confucianisme.
Richesse -- Aspect religieux -- Bouddhisme.
Rites et ceremonies funeraires -- Coree -- 14e siecle.
SUBJECT Korea -- Religious life and customs
Korea -- Civilization -- 935-1392. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85073013
Subject Korea
Coree -- Civilisation -- 935-1392.
Form Electronic book
Author ProQuest (Firm)
LC no. 2017050622
ISBN 9780295743400
0295743409