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Syncretism, Harmonization, and Mutual Appropriation between Buddhism and Confucianism in Pre-Joseon Korea |
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Vermeersch, Sem (著)
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Religions
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| Volume | v.11 n.5 |
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| Date | 2020.05 |
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| Publisher | MDIP |
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https://www.mdpi.com/
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| Location | Basel, Switzerland [巴塞爾, 瑞士] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Note | This article belongs to the Special Issue Religious Conflict and Coexistence: The Korean Context and Beyond |
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| Keyword | Goryeo (918–1392); Confucianism; syncretism; harmonization (hoetong); Unified Silla (668–935) |
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| Abstract | Following the introduction of Buddhism to China, various strategies of accommodation with Chinese culture were developed, all amounting to some form of syncretism with Chinese religions, mainly Confucianism. Buddhism in pre-modern Korea displayed similar forms of interaction with Confucianism. This article aims to critique the notion that such interactions were merely forms of “harmonization”, finding common ground between the traditions. If one religion borrows from another or adopts the message of another religion, it will be affected to some degree, which is why the concept of syncretism is a better tool of analysis. This article concludes that there was a strong official support in Goryeo Korea towards the genuine convergence of Confucianism and Buddhism. Since Buddhism, as a result, took on many of the tasks carried out by Confucianism in China, the reaction against Buddhism by a reinvigorated Confucianism from the late fourteenth century onward was much stronger than in China. |
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| Table of contents | 1. Introduction
2. Methodological Issues: Why Syncretism?
3. Choe Chiweon’s Theory of the Mutual Unity of Buddhism and Confucianism
4. Theories of the Fundamental Unity of Confucianism and Buddhism in the Goryeo Period
5. Conclusions
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| ISSN | 20771444 (E) |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.3390/rel11050231 |
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| Hits | 195 |
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| Created date | 2021.11.15 |
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| Modified date | 2023.06.19 |
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