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Authors: Professor Kyung Moon Hwang

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A History of Korea (2 page)

Chang Pogo, Ch’oe Ch’iw
n, and Unified Silla society

Silla and northeast Asia

Local strongmen and the end of Silla

4       Founding of the Kory
Dynasty

The issuance of Wang K
n’s “Ten Injunctions,” 943

“Great Founder of Korea”

Content of the Ten Injunctions

Legacy

5       Religion and Regionalism in the Kory
Order

The outbreak of the Myoch’
ng Rebellion, 1135

The institutionalized influence of the Buddhist clergy

Myoch’ong’s rebellion

Aftermath

6       The Mongol Overlord Period

The marriage of Lady Ki to the Yuan emperor, 1340

The Mongol conquest

Kory
women in the Mongol empire

7       Kory
-Chos
n Transition

Yi Pangw
n’s purge of Ch
ng Toj
n, 1398

Ch
ng Toj
n: From mastermind to political power

A renaissance, revolution, or coup?

Yi Pangw
n’s impact

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