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The Formation of the Central Aristocracy in Early Koryŏ

The Formation of the Central Aristocracy in Early Koryŏ The Formation of the Central Aristocracy in Early Koryo John B. Duncan I. Introduction The twelfth century was a time of severe political instability in Korea. The Yi Cha-üi debacle of 1095 shattered the calm of the eleventh century and inaugurated a series of political explosions that rocked the Koryö dynasty, including the Yi Cha-gyöm revolt of 1126, the Myoch'öng insurrection of 1135, and the purges of the 1150s. The turmoil culminated in the military coup of 1170, the event that brought the early Koryö period to a close. The conventional explanations of these individual events reveal some of the historical forces at work during this period. Aristocratic power struggles characterize the Yi Cha-üi and Yi Cha-gyöm affairs, regional rivalries and conflict between Confucian and Buddhist ideas lay behind the Myoch'öng affair, and gross imbalance between the civil and military branches of government was one of the causes of the 1170 coup. Illuminating as these themes may be for particular events, they do not constitute comprehensive explanations of the overall political instability of the twelfth century. Historians almost universally subscre to the view that these events took place within the general context of a decadent aristocratic sociopolitical order http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Korean Studies University of Hawai'I Press

The Formation of the Central Aristocracy in Early Koryŏ

Korean Studies , Volume 12 (1) – Mar 30, 1988

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The Formation of the Central Aristocracy in Early Koryo John B. Duncan I. Introduction The twelfth century was a time of severe political instability in Korea. The Yi Cha-üi debacle of 1095 shattered the calm of the eleventh century and inaugurated a series of political explosions that rocked the Koryö dynasty, including the Yi Cha-gyöm revolt of 1126, the Myoch'öng insurrection of 1135, and the purges of the 1150s. The turmoil culminated in the military coup of 1170, the event that brought the early Koryö period to a close. The conventional explanations of these individual events reveal some of the historical forces at work during this period. Aristocratic power struggles characterize the Yi Cha-üi and Yi Cha-gyöm affairs, regional rivalries and conflict between Confucian and Buddhist ideas lay behind the Myoch'öng affair, and gross imbalance between the civil and military branches of government was one of the causes of the 1170 coup. Illuminating as these themes may be for particular events, they do not constitute comprehensive explanations of the overall political instability of the twelfth century. Historians almost universally subscre to the view that these events took place within the general context of a decadent aristocratic sociopolitical order

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Published: Mar 30, 1988

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