[학술논문] “The Mystery of the Century:” Lay Buddhist Monk Villages (Chaegasŭngch’on) Near Korea’s Northernmost Border, 1600s–1960s
This article examines the history of the villages of lay monks (chaegasŭng) near North Korea’s northernmost border. These communities had been ignored for centuries until they suddenly became the object of scholarly and public attention when Korea fell under Japanese colonial rule (1910–1945). The men of the villages were called “lay monks.” They shaved their heads, had wives
[학술논문] 근대 서양인이 바라본 한국의 영토와 해양: 간도와 독도를 중심으로
...poverty.
The Yalu River boundary is of little dispute, but the interpretation of the Tumen River boundary ‘土門’ causes problems. The name of the river itself originates from the Jurchen word tumen, meaning ‘ten thousand’. The official boundary agreement in 1712 identified the Tumen river using the characters ‘土門’(Tǔmen) for the phonetic transcription. However...