In 1126, Northern China was conquered by the JURCHEN, invaders from Manchuria; SOUTHERN SUNG continued to thrive until conquered by the Mongols in 1279/80.
In 1368 the Mongols were expelled by the Ming Dynasty, which reintroduced Neoconfucianism as state religion.
On the Ming Neoconfucian sclale, both Buddhist monks and merchants ranked bottom - retaliation against two segments of society which were pillars of Mongol rule.
And certainly the imperial state had always support aspects of ideologies that butress their rule (eg the prescribed roles of father, son, husband, sovereign and subjects) and downplayed aspects of confucianism that did not.
Also, one important aspect is that the Ming essentially fixed the format of the imperial examinations to certain aspects of neoconfuciansim under the "Ba Gu wen" format limiting the imagination of countless scholars who took the examinations.
I wouldn't put all the blame on the relative decline of Chinese science and technology, and that of China generally, to neoconfucianism though.
The Korean NeoConfucianism of Yi Toegye and Yi Yulgok A Reappraisal of the FourSeven Thesis and Its Practical Implications for S. From "Edward Y. Chung".
NeoConfucian Thought in Action Wang YangMings Youth 14721509.
The Construction of Orthodoxy and Heresy NeoConfucian, Islamic, Jewish, and Early Christian Patterns.
Opposition at court also may have been a contributing factor, as conservative officials found the concept of expansion and commercial ventures alien to Chinese ideas of government.
Pressure from the powerful NeoConfucianism bureaucracy led to a revival of strict agrarian centered society.
The stability of the Ming dynasty, which was without major disruptions of the population (then around 100 million), economy, arts, society, or politics, promoted a belief among the Chinese that they had achieved the most satisfactory civilization on earth and that nothing foreign was needed or welcome.
I think (based on a quick read of amba's links on his own blog) that there's actually an alternative reading there that's not particularly gay-marriage-ish.
"Neoconfucianism" dates from around the 11th century or so, and was the official doctrine of the Yi/Chosun dynasty in Korea from the 14th century or so until the Japanese occupation.
It's just "neo" to distinguish it from the first wave of philosophical development in the Confucian tradition, that running from around 600BC to perhaps the reign of the Usurper, Wang Mang.
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Conflict often became >quite bloody, even genocidal, especially between Confucianism and >Buddhism in the later T'ang.
That dispute continued right into the modern >period, with the 16th century Neoconfucian Lo Ch'in-shun writing vitreolic >attacks on Buddhism (which he had briefly practised in youth).
Irene >Bloom has a good book on Lo's work, _Knowledge Painfully Acquired_ >(Columbia UP, 1997), which JOD would find illuminating about aggressive >Neoconfucianism.
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The object of this paper is to uncover the conflict between the Neoconfucianists and the Buddhists in China.
This paper will discuss why Neoconfucianism rejected Buddhism, what figures acted as catalysts in the transformation and what themes they used to make this change effective.
neo * Moral and Spiritual Cultivation in Japanese NeoConfucianism The Life and Thought of Kaibara Ekken, 16301714 Suny ...(Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
neo * Moral and Spiritual Cultivation in Japanese NeoConfucianism The Life and Thought of Kaibara Ekken, 16301714 Suny Series in Philo * Mary Evelyn Tucker
Moral and Spiritual Cultivation in Japanese NeoConfucianism The Life and Thought of Kaibara Ekken, 16301714 Suny Series in Philo
Forbidden forest the story of little john robin hood.
www.jupitermoons.de /jupi_cchjfe.html (171 words)
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Perhaps the whole thing was about the style.
I am not well aware of the new things in neoconfucianism added by Tason.
But his spirits and style were just what the neoconfucianism at the time needed the most.
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250 The Rise of NeoConfucianism in Korea NeoConfucian Studies William Theodore Debary (Editor) neo
267 The Philosophy of Wu Cheng A NeoConfucian of the Yuan Dynasty David Gedalecia neo
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Escape from Predicament NeoConfucianism and Chinas Evolving Political Culture
227766 The Korean NeoConfucianism of Yi Toegye and Yi Yulgok A Reappraisal of the FourSeven Thesis and Its Practical Implications for S by Edward Y. Chung
227783 NeoConfucian Thought in Action Wang YangMings Youth 14721509 by Wei-Ming.
227860 The Construction of Orthodoxy and Heresy NeoConfucian, Islamic, Jewish, and Early Christian Patterns by John B. Henderson
