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  2. Korean philosophy - Wikipedia

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    Every major Korean neo-Confucianist shared Toegye's preoccupation with single-mindedness, which signalled new stress on praxis in the development of Korean neo-Confucianism: the fusion of the metaphysical and the physical is better brought about through action than speculation, important as theory might be.

  3. Sino-Vietnamese War - Wikipedia

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    There are a number of Chinese songs, movies and TV programs depicting and discussing this conflict from the Chinese viewpoint. These vary from the patriotic song " Bloodstained Glory " originally written to laud the sacrifice and service of the Chinese military, to the 1986 film The Big Parade which carried veiled criticism of the war.

  4. Taoism in Korea - Wikipedia

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    Taegeukgi, the flag of South Korea, with a blue and red Taegeuk in the center.. Taoism or "Do" is thought to be the earliest state philosophy for the Korean people. [citation needed] However, its influence waned with the introduction of Buddhism during the Goryeo kingdom as the national religion and the dominance of neo-Confucianism during the Joseon dynasty.

  5. Kwan Um School of Zen - Wikipedia

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    The Kwan Um School of Zen (관음선종회,觀音禪宗會) (KUSZ) is an international school of zen centers and groups founded in 1983 by Zen Master Seung Sahn.The school's international head temple is located at the Providence Zen Center in Cumberland, Rhode Island, which was founded in 1972 shortly after Seung Sahn first came to the United States.

  6. Yun Mu Kwan - Wikipedia

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    Complicating the picture, somewhat, is the possibility that there may have been more than one early Korean karate system bearing the Yun Mu Kwan name as there appears to have been a second Korean karate "kwan", with the "Yun Moo Kwan" appellation established after the closing of the original Chosun Yun Mu Kwan, the advent of the Korean War and ...

  7. Seungsahn - Wikipedia

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    The Kwan Um School of Zen was founded in 1983 and, unlike more traditional practice in Korea, Seungsahn allowed laypersons in the lineage to wear the robes of full monastics, upsetting some in the Jogye Order by allowing lay Dharma teachers to wear long robes. [8] [9] Celibacy was not required and the rituals of the school are unique.

  8. Korean creation narratives - Wikipedia

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    Locations of all known Korean creation narratives. Korean creation narratives are Korean shamanic narratives which recount the mythological beginnings of the universe.They are grouped into two categories: the eight narratives of mainland Korea, which were transcribed by scholars between the 1920s and 1980s, and the Cheonji-wang bon-puri narrative of southern Jeju Island, which exists in ...

  9. Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scripts - Wikipedia

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    The Korean texts were written vertically. The sign 동대문역사문화공원 requires two columns which run from right to left. In modern Korea, vertical writing is uncommon. Modern Korean is usually written horizontally from left to right. Vertical writing is used when the writing space is long vertically and narrow horizontally.