The land of scholars : two thousand years of Korean Confucianism - Kang, Jae-eun, 1926-; Lee, Suzanne (Paramus, N.J. : Homa & Sekey Books, 2006)
1. What is Confucianism? -- 2. Did Gija Joseon Really Exist? -- 3. Confucianism in the Three Kingdoms Period -- 4. Confucianism in the Late Silla Period -- 5. Goryeo, the Land of Buddhism -- 6. Seongjong Elevates Confucianism -- 7. The National University and Twelve Private Schools -- 8. Is the Period of Military Regime the Dark Age? -- 9. The Learning of Master Zhu Comes to Korea from Yuan China -- 10. Transition in Dynasty, from Goryeo to Joseon -- 11. Jeong Do-jeon and Gweon Geun as the Two Greatest Masters of the Confucian Nation -- 12. Bureaucrats Armed with the Learning of Master Zhu -- 13. Sejong and Sejo, Kings of Achievements -- 14. The Sarim Faction Emerges and Literati Purges Continue -- 15. Dispute on the Study of the Principle of Human Nature Shakes the Political and Scholastic World -- 16. Situation in East Asia Becomes Chaotic again -- 17. Is Sino-Centrism Truly Justified? -- 18. Practical Learning Blooms during the Reigns of Enlightened Rulers Yeongjo and Jeongjo -- 19. The World Is Changing -- 20. Closed Kingdom to Open Kingdom -- 21. At the Crossroads of Conservatism and Modernization.
Original title unknown.
Includes index.
Keywords: Philosophy, Confucian -- Korea -- History; Confucianism -- Korea -- History; Korea -- Civilization -- Confucian influences