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... the Song-Koryŏ relations but also to reconsider the full implications of the “Chinese world-order,” especially during the period when an affluent and culturally efflorescent “China” underwent the “disgracing” chapters of dynastic fall and alien rule amidst massive socioeconomic changes. Rather than...

...Vladimir Tikhonov Establishing a Pluralist Society in Medieval Korea, 918–1170: History, Ideology and Identity in the Koryŏ Dynasty . By Remco E. Breuker . Leiden : Brill , 2010 . xvi, 484 p. $224.00. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2012 2012 This new book...

... periods and to the various genres of poetry, in all providing a good snapshot for readers. Kevin O'Rourke's latest volume of translated verse, The Book of Korean Poetry: Songs of Shilla and Koryŏ , answers, in part, the paucity of translated materials on premodern verse. This compact book provides...

..., the civil service examination system ( k‘o-chü in Chinese and kwagŏ in Korean), introduced in 958 by King Kwangjong (r. 949–975) of the Koryŏ Dynasty (918–1392), constitutes perhaps the most engrossing case of institutional borrowing in traditional Korea. Aside from its long-range consequences for Korean...

...Maya Stiller New Perspectives on Early Korean Art: From Silla to Koryŏ . Edited by Youn-Mi Kim . Cambridge, Mass. : Korea Institute, Harvard University , 2013 . 322 pp. $45.00 (cloth). Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 2015  2015 New Perspectives on Early...

...H. W. Kang Abstract Confucian historians presented the first succession struggle (in 945) of the Koryŏ Dynasty as simply an abortive usurpation attempt by Wang Kyu (the influential father-in-law of King Hyejong [r. 943–945]), thwarted by the timely intervention of the king's two half-brothers...

..., Waterbury, Ct. The Origins of the Choson Dynasty. By J O H N B. D U N C A N . Seattle: The University of Washington Press, 2000. xii, 395pp. $60.00 (cloth). This is a long awaited major work in English dealing with the Koryo dynasty and the Koryo-Choson transition. It is based on the author's dissertation...

... Generals and Scholars: Military Rule in Medieval Korea. By Edward J. Shultz. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2000. xii, pp. 254. $55.00 (cloth); $27.95 (paper). In 1170, the military leadership of Koryo (918-1392) revolted. The generals slaughtered many civil officials and monopolized political...

... sources, such as court histories, examination rosters, unofficial or informal historical accounts ( yasa ), oral histories, and even legends, Park presents a fascinating story of the survival of the Kaesŏng Wang clan, the royals of the Koryŏ dynasty (918–1392). Covering a history of approximately 600...

... of the early development of Confucianism in Korea are, like much of early Korean history, obscure. There are few Korean historical documents which have survived from the periods before the Koryo Dynasty (935-1392). Of what remains, either of Korean or foreign writings or of material culture, much has not been...

... of the development of Korea's ceramic art is followed by one hundred plates which illustrate three examples of Old Silla and one of Unified Silla wares, in addition to sixty-five pieces of Koryo and thirty-one of Yi periods. It should be noted that forty-five of the Koryo and twelve of the Yi specimens illustrated...

... of the development of Korea's ceramic art is followed by one hundred plates which illustrate three examples of Old Silla and one of Unified Silla wares, in addition to sixty-five pieces of Koryo and thirty-one of Yi periods. It should be noted that forty-five of the Koryo and twelve of the Yi specimens illustrated...

... periods, Koryo, and the early Choson. The first part traces the transformation of tribal federations into states, the unification of Korea into one polity, the evolution of ancient customs and religions, the introduction and development of Buddhism, and the introduction and development of Confucianism...

... regarding the Koryŏ-Chosŏn transition, it does offer a layer of nuance to the discussions regarding Buddhist corruption in fourteenth-century Korea, offering a viable explanation for why some elite scholar-officials criticized, modified, and even turned their backs on Buddhist funeral practices in favor...

..., the English version consists of three parts, the three kingdoms and unified Silla periods, Koryo, and the early Choson. The first part traces the transformation of tribal federations into states, the unification of Korea into one polity, the evolution of ancient customs and religions, the introduction...

... in English have been published. From the standpoint of readability W. E. Henthorn's A History of Korea (1971) is the best of the four, but it is choppy in organization. It covers Korea from its prehistory to the opening years of the twentieth century. The Koryŏ period and the Yi dynasty to 1800 are well done...

... the other stays passive. But by the time Wang Ki became king, the alliance between Koryŏ and the Mongol Empire demanded change, as the Chinggisid power started to falter and could no longer hold its end of the bargain. Not only did the Mongols increasingly become unable to suppress the rebels...

... civilization). Korean cultural series, Vol. 2. By Yl SANGBAEK ^ftHR. Seoul: Ulyu munwha sa CS^Cfktt, 1947. xvi + 339 p. This volume contains four separate research papers on the end of Koryo and the beginning of the Yi dynasty: I. "A study of the supplanting of Buddhism by Confucianism" (pp. 1-170). Buddhism...

... of the development of Korean ceramics. The best known and most widely admired of all Korean arts are the celadon wares of the Koryo dynasty (935-1392). It is, in fact, one measure of the devastation that Korea suffered at the hands of first Khitan, and then Mongol, Japanese, and Manchu invaders, that the ceramics...

... and prestige under the new dynasty of Koryo (918-1392), but unfortunately there are comparatively few images extant, many of which are undated. One characteristic of Koryo Buddhist sculpture seems to be that of emphasis on the Buddha's awesome expression, the symmetrical BOOK REVIEWS 845 arrangement...