Korean History and Culture Seminar for American Educators Handbook 2017 NKS Seminar-Handbook-Final with Daniel | Page 27

III. Unified Silla (668-936)
A. New trends
a. Maritime trade
B. Later Three Kingdoms
1. Later Koguryo, founded in 901 by Kim Kungye (“the ugly”)
2. Later Paekche, founded in 892 by Yi Kyonhwon (“the bad”)
3. Wang Kon took over Later Koguryo in 918 (“the good”)
IV. Koryo (918-1392)
A. Wang Kon (King Taejo, r. 918-943)
B. Buddhism and Confucianism (7 th grade standards)
1. Civil service examinations (est. 968)
2. Role of Buddhism in lives of aristocracy and commoners
3. Koryo Tripitaka (1087, 1251) and woodblock printing
C. Military rule (1170-1270) and feudalism (7 th grade standards)
1. Ch’oe House rule (1196-1273)
2. Peasant rebellions (1172-1217) and slave revolts (1196-1232)
D. Mongol rule (1270-1368)
V. Choson (1392-1910)
A. Yi Songgye (King Taejo, r. 1392-1398)
B. King Sejong (r. 1418-1450) (7 th grade standards)
1. Phonetic Korean script (invented1443)
2. Print culture including moveable metal print (invented 1234
but flourished in Choson)
3. Other developments (astronomy, geography, technology)
C. Imjin Wars (1592-1598) and Yi Sunsin (1545-1598)
D. Neo-Confucianism and social change
1. Social status
a. Yangban
b. Secondary status groups
c. Peasants/commoners
d. Lowborns
e. Slaves
2. Women and family
3. Sin Saimdang (1504-1551)
E. Peace up to the 19 th century (19 th c will be covered separately)
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