Koryo Dynasty Research Paper

During the earlier years of Korea, the Silla kingdom (668 – 918) had much influence of the Korean people and their culture; the Korean people adopted the religion of Buddhism and it became the centre of their spirituality as well as their politics. It was during the Koryo dynasty (918 – 1392) of Korea that Buddhist-inspired art and studies were growing and thriving in Korea, and it was near the end of the Koryo dynasty where they adopted a new philosophy known as Neo-Confucianism. The Korean people were being heavily inspired by their larger East Asian counterpart, China, who would have had many political and militaristic advantage over Korea, which may have played a part in the influence of the Korean people, including their kings, with the rise of Neo-Confucianism.
It was during the Koryo dynasty where things began to change philosophically as well as politically. The last king of the Koryo dynasty, Yi Songgye, declared that he was the first king of the Joseon (or Choseon) dynasty, which allowed a new era for the Neo-confucians to get rid of Buddhism, as it was thought of as “corrupting” of their politics and morals. This new era for Korea lasted from 1392 to 1910 which …show more content…
He advanced the sciences, scholarship, and even art during this period that was heavily Neo-Confucian, as it was an attempt to bring humans together in harmony. King Sejong wanted the Korean people to have their own written language in order for everyone to easily understand and read, though there were some against his new written language, calling it “a vulgarization of written language” as the writing system at the time were simply Chinese characters that were extremely complex and was exclusive for the yangban (the hereditary aristocratic bureaucracy). Though King Sejong kept this creation of Hangul a secret, he worked on it and finally revealed it to his government