Salvation through Dissent: Tonghak Heterodoxy and Early Modern Korea

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Salvation through Dissent K O R E A N C L A S S I C S L I B R A R Y P H I L O S O P H Y A N D R E L I G I O N TONGHAK HETERODOXY AND EARLY MODERN KOREA George L. Kallander Salvation through Dissent Map i.1: Chosŏn dynasty Korea (nineteenth century), showing the capital, Seoul; the ancient capital, Kyŏngju, where Tonghak arose; Choryŏng, where the government investigator first heard a reference to the religion in 1863; and several important towns mentioned in early Tonghak sources. Tonghak later become popular in the heavily agricultural regions of Chŏlla and Ch’ungch’ŏng provinces. KOREAN CLASSICS LIBRARY: PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION Salvation through Dissent Tonghak Heterodoxy and Early Modern Korea George L. Kallander University of Hawai‘i Press/Honolulu Korean Classics Library © 2013 The Regents of the University of California All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 18 17 16 15 14 13 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kallander, George L. Salvation through dissent : Tonghak heterodoxy and early modern Korea / George L. Kallander. pages cm.—(Korean classics library: Philosophy and religion) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8248-3716-7 (hard cover : alk. paper) 1. Ch’ondogyo—History. 2. Ch’ondogyo—Doctrines. 3. Ch’oe, Che-u, 1824–1864. 4. Religion and state—Korea—History—19th century. 5. Korea—Politics and government —19th century. I. Title. II. Series: Korean classics library. Philosophy and religion. BL2240.C53K35 2013 299’.57—dc23 2012035814 Korean Classics Library: Philosophy and Religion Series Editor: Robert Buswell, University of California, Los Angeles Series Editorial Board: Donald Baker, University of British Columbia John Duncan, University of California, Los Angeles Sun Joo Kim, Harvard University Namhee Lee, University of California, Los Angeles Jay Lewis, Oxford University Charles Muller, Tokyo University Young-chan Ro, George Mason University Ken Robinson, International Christian University, Tokyo Edward Shultz, University of Hawai‘i, Mānoa Senior Editorial Assistant: Jennifer Jung-Kim, University of California, Los Angeles Translations in this series have been funded by a generous grant from the Academy of Korean Studies, Seongnam, Republic of Korea. Publication of this volume has been assisted by a grant from the Association for Asian Studies. University of Hawai‘i Press books are printed on acid-free paper and meet the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Council on Library Resources. Design and composition by Wanda China Printed by Sheridan Books, Inc. ...