CKR Event: “Soldiers-Turned-Laborers/Guards: Buddhist Monks in Chosŏn Korea at the Turn of the Sixteenth Century”
Colloquium Featuring: Nam-lin Hur, The University of British Columbia Moderated by: Michael Como, Columbia University Buddhism in Late Chosŏn fared far better compared to that to the end of the sixteenth century. The signs of Buddhism’s improved status were visible: Buddhism was hailed as a religion helping to protect the country (hoguk Pulgyo); the royal family, particularly […]
