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DiploJ t1_iti93gv wrote on October 23, 2022 at 9:01 PM

Reply to comment by spinnybingle in Joseon, the predecessor of modern Korea(s) - Part 3: Japan and Qing Invasions (early 17th century) by spinnybingle

Confucianism as practiced in Joseon was a tool of political control and financial enrichment of the nobility (yangban). As with most cultures, religion, for good or bad, has always been used for control and power consolidation.