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Donghak (formerly spelled Tonghak; lit. ' "Eastern learning" ' ) was an academic movement in Korean Neo-Confucianism founded in 1860 by Choe Je-u . The Donghak movement arose as a reaction to seohak ( lit.
The Donghak Peasant Revolution [a] (Korean: 동학농민혁명) was a peasant revolt that took place between 11 January 1894 and 25 December 1895 in Korea.The peasants were primarily followers of Donghak, a Neo-Confucian movement that rejected Western technology and ideals.
Choe Je-u (Korean: 최제우; Hanja: 崔濟愚; 18 December 1824 – 15 April 1864), art name Su-un (수운; 水雲), was a Korean religious leader.He was the founder of Donghak, [1] a religious movement which was empathetic to the hardships of the minjung (the marginalized people of Korea), opposed Catholicism and its association with western imperialism, [2] and offered an alternative to ...
The Japanese captured the armory storing 3,000 rifles, including Mausers, Remingtons, and Martinis, 8 Gatling guns, 20 artillery pieces, and horses. The Japanese kept the weapons to fight the Donghak and the Qing, while some transported the weapons to Japan over 2 days. Some were dumped into the pond at Hyangwonjeong by way of destroying them.
Son Byong-hi (Korean: 손병희; 8 April 1861 – 19 May 1922) was a Korean religious leader and independence activist.His religious name was Uiam.He was the third leader of Donghak, an indigenous religious movement founded from 1860 to 1864.
The Donghak Revolution, which had shaken the entire nation starting from the Gobu uprising, came to an end on a grand scale. [2] The Donghak Peasant Army continued to retreat southward, and most of their forces disbanded, with no remaining troops capable of preventing pursuit from the Japanese army and government forces.
In 1870, a Donghak splinter group led by Yi P’il-che, was involved in a rebellion, although most of the rebels were not Donghak followers. The main motivation of the rebellion was dissatisfaction with government policies, and it was quickly put down by government forces. Haewol had met Yi and subsequently declared that he was a deceiver.
The Donghak movement, which was first created by Choe Je-u in 1860, had spread to the Jeolla region by the 1880s, gaining widespread support from the indignant peasantry through its ideas of universal equality and human welfare. Jeon Bong-jun joined Donghak between 1888 and 1891, presumably after moving to Gobu from Taein. [15]