Shilla: Material Culture
10/03/2008 11:55:00
**QUIZ: starts with lecture of
myths of origin
SLIDES:
-known as “Land of Morning Calm”
-terraced mountains and rice patties
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HWARANG
: members of aristocratic elite, each one under the leadership of a
young man of the true bone rank and Buddhist monks
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“flower youth”
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would live together to learn military arts and to obtain virtue
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develop sense of dedication to Shilla
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monks would teach respect for Buddhism, would learn martial arts
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had to adhere to 5 commandments:
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serve king with loyalty
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tend parents with piety
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treat friends with sincere
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never retreat from battle field
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be discriminate about taking life
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Buddhist concept of passion, and Confucian virtues
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mid Shilla into late Shilla
lose sense of commitment to martial arts (hang
around market place)
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-pieces of Buddhist sculpture produced in middle 3
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- Spring '08
- Dimberg
- Buddhism, Monastery, Shilla, mid Shilla, Shilla economic perspective
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