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Confucian statecraft and Korean Institutions: Yu Hyŏngwŏn and the late Chosŏn Dynasty

Palais, James B., 1934-2006.

Year: c1996.

Publisher: University of Washington Press.

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Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART I. THE EARLY CHOSON DYNASTY, 1392-1650

1. Confucian Statecraft in the Founding of Choson

2. The Disintegration of the Early Choson System to 1592

3. Post-Imjin Developments in Military Defense and the Economy

PART II. SOCIAL REFORM: YANGBAN AND SLAVES

Introduction

4. Remolding the Ruling Class through Education and Schools

5. New Schools: Conservative Restraints on Radicalism

6. Slavery: The Slow Path to Abolition

Conclusion

PART III. LAND REFORM

Introduction

7. Land Reform: Compromises with the Well-Field Model

8. Redistributing Wealth through Land Reform

9. Late Choson Land Reform Proposals

Conclusion

PART IV. MILITARY REFORM

Introduction

10. The Royal Division Model: Rotating Duty Soldiers and Support Taxpayers

11. The Debate over the Military Training Agency, 1651-82

12. The Search for Alternative Modes of Military Finance

13. Military Reorganization, Weapons, and Walls

14. The Military Service System, 1682-1870

Conclusion

PART V. REFORM OF GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION

Introduction

15. The King and His Court

16. Reforming the Central Bureaucracy

17. Personnel Policy

18. Provincial and Local Administration

19. The Community Compact System (Hyangyak)

20. Yu Hyongwon's Community Compact Regulations

Conclusion

PART VI. FINANCIAL REFORM AND THE ECONOMY

Introduction

21. Tribute and the Taedong Reform

22. The Taedong Model for Official Salaries and Expenses

23. Copper Cash and the Monetary System

24. Yu Hyongwon's Analysis of Currency

25. A Cycle of Inflation and Deflation

26. Cash and Economic Change after 1731

Conclusion

Epilogue: The Complexities of Korean Confucian Statecraft

Notes

Glossary

List of Kings of the Choson Dynasty

List of Names

Bibliography

Index

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Title:

Confucian statecraft and Korean Institutions : Yu Hyŏngwŏn and the late Chosŏn Dynasty James B. Palais.

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Palais, James B., 1934-2006

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Confucian statecraft and Korean Institutions : Yu Hyŏngwŏn and the late Chosŏn Dynasty James B. Palais.
Palais, James B., 1934-2006
Seattle: University of Washington Press, c1996.

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Subject Headings:

• Yu, Hyŏng-wŏn, -- 1622-1673. -- Panʼgye surok
• Confucianism and state -- Korea
• Sirhak school
• Korea -- Politics and government -- 1392-1910

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