Two issues central to the transition from the Koryo to the Choson
dynasty in fourteenth-century Korea were social differences in
ruling elites and the decline of Buddhism, which had been the state
religion. In this revisionist history, Juhn Ahn challenges the
long-accepted Confucian critique that Buddhism had become so
powerful and corrupt that the state had to suppress it. When newly
rising elites (many with strong ties to the Mongols) used lavish
donations to Buddhist institutions to enhance their status, older
elites defended their own adherence to this time-honored system by
arguing that their donations were linked to virtue. This emphasis
on virtue and the consequent separation of religion from wealth
facilitated the Confucianization of Korea and the relegation of
Buddhism to the margins of public authority during the Choson
dynasty.
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