Index

Abahai

Abiji

“able-bodied land system,”

agriculture origins

ajŏn. See sŏri

Alch’ŏn

amgŭl (“female letters”)

An Chŏng-bok

An Kyǒn

An Lushan Rebellion

An Yu

anbang (“inner room”)

ancestors

anch’ae. See anbang

Andong Kim

Andong Kwǒn

Ansan Kim

architecture

aristocracy: Chosǒn Koguryǒ Koryǒ Paekche Silla

Aryŏng

“base” people

Board of Punishments

Bo Juyi

bone-ranks

bronze age

Buddhism in Chosŏn criticism of in Koryŏ in Silla

Bureau for Silla

calligraphy

Censor-General (Saganwŏn)

Censorate

ceramics and pottery

Ch’ae Cha

Ch’ae Che-gong

Chaech’u

chaesin

chakkae

Changhŏn

Chang Pogo

Changsu

Chang Sŭng-ŏp

Chang Yŏng-sil

chapkwa

ch’arye

Cheju Island

Chenfan commandery

chesa

Chewang un’gi (Song of Emperors and Kings)

Chibong yusŏl (Topical Discourses of Chibong)

ch’ilgŏjiak (“seven evils”)

Ch’ilsŏng

China Chosŏn relations with early contacts with impact on Korea Koryŏ relations with Silla compared with Silla relations with See also Tributary System

Chindo Island

Chindŏk, Queen

chin’gol (“true-bone”)

Chinhan

Chinhŭng

Chinp’yǒng

Chinsǒng, Queen

Chinul

Chiphyǒnjǒn (Hall of Worthies)

Chipsabu (Chancellery Office)

chisa, (“wandering geomancers”)

choch’ǒn

Ch’oe Ch’i-wǒn

Ch’oe Ch’ung

Ch’oe Ch’ung-hǒn

Ch’oe Hang

Ch’oe Mu-sǒn

Ch’oe U

Ch’oe Ǔi

Ch’oe Yǒng

Chogye

Cho Hun

chok

chokpo

Cho Kwang-jo

Ch’ǒljong

Chǒlla Province

Cho Min-su

Ch’ǒmsǒngdae

Chǒngbang (Personnel Authority)

chǒngbyǒng

Chǒng Che-du

Chǒng Ch’ǒl

Ch’ǒngch’ǒn River

Chǒng Chung-bu

Ch’onggil

Ch’ǒnghae Garrison

Chǒngjo, Chosǒn king

chǒngjǒnje. See “able-bodied land system”

Chǒng Mong-ju

Ch’ǒ ngp’ung Kim

Chǒng Sǒn

Chǒng To-jǒn

Chǒng Tu-wǒn

Chǒng Yag-yong. See Tasan

ch’ǒnmin. See “base people”

chǒnsi-kwa (“Field and Woodland System”)

Ch’ǒnsu (Heaven-Given)

chosang

Chosǒn, ancient state

Chosǒn (Yi) dynasty: administrative structure culture of establishment of foreign relations legal system military structure politics of social structure

Ch’oyǒng

Christianity: introduction to Korea persecution of

chŭlmun

Chumong

Ch’unch’ugwan (Bureau of State Records)

Chungbang (Supreme Military Council)

Ch’ungch’ǒng Province

chungin, (“middle people”)

Ch’ungnyǒl

chungsi

“Ch’usa” style

civil service examinations

clan-seat (pon’gwan) system

Classics Mat (Kyǒngyǒn)

climate

commerce

concubines

Confucianism in Koryǒ in Silla See also Neo-Confucianism

Confucius

Corea, Antonio

currency

dancing

Daoism (Taoism)

darughaci

Diamond Mountains

diet

divorce. See marriage

dolmens. See megaliths

Dongyi

Dream of Nine Clouds (Ku un mong)

Du Fu

East Sea (Sea of Japan)

“Easterners” (Tongin)

education

Emille Bell

Empress Ki

Ennin

“equal field system,”

Equalized Service Law (kyunyǒkpǒp)

factionalism

“fallen yangban,”

familism

Family Rituals

family structure

farming. See agriculture

Fazang

feudalism

Field and Woodland System. See chǒnsikwa

Five Military Commands Headquarters (Owi Toch’ongbu)

folk paintings

Four Chinhǔng Stelae

four village registers

Fujiwara no Nakamura

gardens

General Sherman

geography

geomancy

“good people,”

grain loan system

guo

Haedong yǒksa

Haein-sa

Hamel, Hendrick

Hamggyǒng Province

Han Ch’i-yun

Han dynasty

Han’gul

Hanju

Hanjungnok (Records Written in Silence)

Han Paek-kyǒm

Han River

Hansǒng Pakeche capital

Han tribes

Hanyang. See Seoul

head-ranks. See bone-ranks

Heian Japan

“hermit Kingdom,”

Hideyoshi

historical scholarship

historical sources for early Korea

Hǒ Kyun

Hon’an, King

Hǒ Nansǒrhǒn

Hǒn’gang

Hong Kil-dong

Hong Kyǒng-nae

Hong Tae-yong

Hong Yang-ho

Hǒnjong

hop’ae identification system

horse rider theory

household spirits

household slaves. See slavery

houses

Hǔngdǒk

Hwabaek (Council of Notables)

Hwanghae Province

hwarang

hwangrangdo (“the way of the hwarang”)

Hwando, Kourgyǒ capital

Hwang Chin-I

Hwangdo, (Imperial Capital)

Hwangsan, battle of

Hwang Sa-yǒng

Hwaǒm

hyangan

hyangga

hyanggyo

hyangni

Hyangyak chipsongbang (Compilation of Native Korean Prescriptions)

Hyech’o

Hyegwan

Hyeja

Hyejong, King

Hyesim

Hyojong, Chosǒn king

Hyǒnjong, Chosǒn king

Hyǒnjong, Koryǒ king

Ich’adon

idu

Im Kyǒng-ǒp

Im Yǒn

Injo

Injong, Koryǒ king

“in-law government” (sedo chǒngch’i)

Inner Asia

iron

Iryǒn

Japan relations with Silla relations with Chosǒn trade with travelers to See also Japanese invasions

Japan House

Japanese invasions

Java

“Jiangnan Farming Techniques,”

Jin, Chinese dynasty

Jin, Jurchen state

Jingǔ

Jurchens

kaekchu

Kaero

Kaesǒng

Kang Hang

Kang Hui-an

Kanghwa Island

Kang Kam-ch’an

Kangnǔng Kim

Kangsu

Kangwǒn

Karak Kukki

kasa

Kaya

Khitans

Ki Ch’ǒl

Kihwǒn

Kija

Kim Chǒng-ho

Kim Chǒng-hǔi

Kim Chun

Kim Ch’un-ch’u

Kim Hong-do

Kim Hǔm-dol

Kim Man-jung

Kim Myǒng-guk

Kim Pu-sik

Kim Saeng

Kim Si-sǔp

Kim Tae-gǒn

Kim Tae-mun

Kim T’ong-jǒng

Kim Ton-jung

Kim Tǔk-sin

Kim U-jing

Kim Yu-sin

Kimhae

kisaeng

Ki Taesǔng

kobuksǒn. See “turtle ship”

Koch’ilbu

kogok

Koguryǒ culture of Koryǒ as successor See also Three Kingdoms

Kojong

kolp’um. See bone-ranks

Kongmin, Koryǒ king

Kongyang, Koryǒ king

Korean alphabet. See han’gǔl

Korean language

Korea Straits

Koryǒ: administration culture of establishment of foreign relations politics social structure under military rulers

Koryǒ celadon

Koryǒsa

Koryǒ sa chǒryo

kosa

Kudara (Paekche) Kannon

kugyǒl

Kukchagam

Kukhak

Kǔnch’ogo

Kungye

kun-hyǒn (prefecture-county) system

kut. See shamanism

swagǒ. See civil examinations

Kwak Chae-u

Kwangch’ang

Kwanggaet’o

Kwanghaegun

Kwangjong, King

Kwǒn Kun

Kwǒn Yul

kye

Kyebaek

Kyewǒn p’ilgyǒng chip

Kyo

Kyojǒng Togam (Office of Decree Enactment)

Kyǒngbok Palace

Kyǒnggi Province

Kyǒngguk Taejǒn

Kyongjong, King

Kyǒngju

Kyongju Kim family

Kyǒngmun

Ky6ngsang Province

Kyǒngsun

Kyong Tae-sung

Kyǒngwǒn Yi

Kyonhwǒn

kyuban kasa. See naebang kasa

Kyunyǒ

Kyunyǒ chǒn (Tale of Kyunyǒ)

Lady Hyegyǒng

Lady Yun

Later Koguryǒ

Later Paekche

Later Three Kingdoms

law

Lelang

Liao state. See Khitan

Lintun commandery

literacy

“literati purges,”

literature: Chosǒn Koryǒ Silla women’s

Liu Bang

Local Agency (Hyangch’ǒng)

local government

Mahan See also Samhan

Manchuria

Mandate of Heaven

Manjǒk

marriage: Chosǒn period Koryõ period Silla period

martial arts

mask dance-drama

“mean” people. See “base” people

medicine

megaliths

merchants

Meritorious Subjects

military exams

military organization: Chosǒn period Koryǒ period Silla period

Mimana

Mimizuka (Mound of Ears)

Ming dynasty

minmyǒnuri

monarchy: in Chosǒn in Koryǒ in Silla

Mongols

Mourning Rites Controversy

Mu, King. See Tae Hǒm-mu

muban

mudang

mumun

munban

mun’gaek

Mun Ik-chǒm

Munjong, Koryǒ king

munjung

mun’kwa

Munsǒng, King

Murong

Muryǒng

Muyǒl, King

Myoch’ǒng

Myǒngjong

naebang kasa (“inner room kasa”)

Naemul

Naktong basin

Namin. See factionalism

Nangnang. See Lelang

Neo-Confucianism rise of

Neolithic

Nihon shoki

nogǔp (“stipend villages”)

Non’gae

Nongsa cbiksǒl (Strait Talk on Farming)

Noron. See factionalism

novels

Nurhaci

oath banner system

Office of Inspector-General (Sahǒnbu)

Office of Special Advisors (Hongmun’gwan)

Okchǒ

Okinawa

ondol

Onjo

Ǒsadae

Ǒ Suk-kwǒn

out resident slaves. See slavery

outcastes. See “base” people

Pae Chung-son

p’aedo

Paekche culture of See also Three Kingdoms

paekchǒng

Paektu Mountain

painting

Paired Provisioner (popǒp) System

Pak Che-ga

Pak Chi-wǒn

Pak Hyokkyǒse

Pak Se-dang

paleolithic

p’ansori

Parhae

Parhae ko

peddlers (pobusang)

Pidam

Piryu

pobusang. See peddlers

poetry: Chosǒn period Koryǒ period Silla period women’s

Pǒmnang

Pon Kaya. See Kaya

Pǒp, King

Pǒphǔng

Pǒpsang

population: of Chosǒn of Silla

P’osǒkchǒng

Prince Pangwǒn

printing

Pugin. See factionalism

Puhyu

Pukhak (Northern Learning)

Pulguk-sa

Pumaguk (Son-in-law Nation)

P’umil, General

Punch’ong

P’ungsan Hong

P’ungwang so (Parables for the King)

P’ungyang Cho

Pure Land Buddhism

Pusan

Puyǒ

Pyŏlmuban

P’yǒngan Province

P’yǒngsan Pak

P’yǒngyang

P’yǒnhan

Queen Inhyǒn

Queen Inmok

Queen Insǒn

Queen Min

Qidan. See Khitans

Qing

rain gauges

recommendation system (ch’ǒn’gǒ)

Red Turbans

religion See also Buddhism; household spirits; shamanism

rice See also agriculture

“righteous armies” (ŭibyǒng)

Rites Controversy

“robber woman,”

Royal Secretariat. See Sungjǒngwǒn

Russians

Ruzhen. See Jurchens

sadaebu

Saganwǒn (Censor-General)

Sahǒnbu (Office of Inspector-General)

sahak

sama

Samguk sagi

Samguk yusa

Sambyǒlch’o (Three Elite Patrols)

Samhan

Samnon school of philosophy

sangdaedǔng

Sanguozhi

sangsuri

Saro

sasaek (four colors)

sasǒl sijo

science and technology

sedo chǒngch’i. See “in-law government”

“Seeds of modernization,”

Sejo, Chosǒn king

Sejong

Seoul

shamanism

Shenzong, Liao emperor

Shiji

Shizu (Kubilai Khan)

Shōsōin

Shotoku, Prince

Shuang Ji

Siberia

sijo

“silk letter,”

Silla compared with Chinaculture of decline of foreign relations origins of social structureunification of Korea See also Three Kingdoms

Sillok

Sim Sa-jǒng

Sin’gǒm

Sinhaeng

Sin Kyǒng-jun

Sinmu

Sinmun

Sin Saimdang

Sin Ton

Sin Yun-bok

Sirhak

Six Martyrs

Six Ministries (Yukcho)

Six Ministers Who Lived

Slave Investigation Act

slavery: in Chosǒn in Koryǒ in Silla

Sǒbang (Household Secretariat)

sǒdang

Sǒgyǒng, Western Capital

Sǒ Hǔi

sǒja

Sǒk family

Sǒkkuram grotto

So Kǒ-jǒng

Sǒl Ch’ong

Sǒl Kyedu

Sǒn

Sǒndo

Sǒndǒk, Queen

Song, Paekche king

Song dynasty

Sǒnggyun’gwan

Sǒngjong, Chosǒn King

Sǒngjong, Koryǒ King

Song of Emperors and Kings (Chewang un’gi)

Sǒn Wang, Parhae king

sǒri

Soron. See Factionalism

sǒsa

Sǒsan

Southeast Asia

sǒwǒn

Sǒ Yu-gu

sports

ssirrǔm

State Council (Ǔijǒngbu)

State Tribunal (Ǔigǔmbu)

stipend villages. See nogǔp

Sukchong, Chosǒn king

Sǔngjǔngwǔn (Royal Secretariat)

Sunjo

Taebaek Range

taedongpǒp

Taedong River

T’aehakkam

Tae Hǒm-mu

Tae Kaya. See Kaya

Tae Kwang-hyǒn

T’aejo. See Yi Sǒng-gye

T’aejong

Taewi

Taewǒn’gun

Taifang commandery

Taikun

Tale of Ch’unhyang

T’amna

Tang dynasty

Tang Gaozong

Tang Taizong

Tan’gun

T’anyǒn

Tasan

tax villages

taxation

Ten Injunctions

teril-sawi

Thailand

Three Armies Headquarters (Ǔihǔng)

Three Chancelleries system

Three Kingdoms: origins of

Todang

T’oegye

Tokugawa

Tomb of Muryǒng

Tomb of the Twin Pillars

Tonghak

Tongsa kangmok

Tongǔi pogam (Exemplar of Korean Medicine)

Toǔi

travel accounts

tribute men

tribute system

Tripitaka Koreana

Tumen River

“turtle ship,”

Twelve Assemblies

U, Koryo king

Ugǒ

Ǔich’ǒn

Ǔija

Ǔijong, Koryǒ king

Ǔisang

Ulbul

Ǔlchi Mundǒk

Ǔmno

ǔm privilege

Ungjin

urban centers

Vietnam

village granary system

village life

Vinaya school of Buddhism

Wa

wakō (waegu)

“wandering scholars” (yurang chisigin)

Wanggǒm

Wang Kǒn

Wang Kyu

Wang Pang-gyu

Wang Yangming

Wei

Weltevree, Jan Janse

West, contacts with

“Western Learning,”

widows

Wiman

women in Chosǒn in Koryǒ role in ritual life in Silla

Wǒnhyo

Wǒnjong, Koryǒ king

Wudi

Xianbei

Xiao Paiya

Xiao Sunning

Xuantu commandery

Xuanzang

Xu Jing

Yalu River

Yamato

Yan

yangban

Yangdi

Yanggil

Yang Hyu

Yang Man-ch’u

Yangzi River

Ye

Yellow Sea

Yemaek

Yesǒng

Yi Cha-ch’un

Yi Cha-gyǒm

Yi Cha-ǔi

Yi Cha-yǒn

Yi Che-hyǒn

Yi Ching-ok revolt

Yi Chi-ran, Rebellion

Yi dynasty. See Chosǒn

Yi Ha-ǔng. See Taewǒn’gun

Yi Hwang. See T’oegye

Yi I. See Yulgok

Yi Ik

Yi li-lo

Yi In-min

Yi Ko

Yi Kǔng-ik

Yi Kwal revolt

Yi Kyu-bo

Yi Kyu-gyǒng

Yi Saek

Yi Sang-jwa

Yi Sǒng-gye

Yi Su-gwang

Yi Sǔng-hun

Yi Sǔng-hyu

Yi Sun-sin

Yi Tong-mu

Yi Ǔi-bang

Yi Ǔi-min

Yi Yǒng

Yǒhǔng Min

Yǒllyǒsil kisul

Yǒngjo

Yǒnsan’gun

Yoritomo: compared with Ch’oe Ch’ung-hǒn

Yu Hyǒng-wǒn

Yu Sin

Yu Tuk-kong

Yuan dynasty

yuhak

Yukcho. See Six Ministries

Yulgok

Yun Chi-ch’ung

Yun Hyu

Yun Sǒn-do

Zhiyan

Zhou dynasty

Zhu Xi

Zhu Yuanzhang