The Yongdam Yusa, Songs of Yongdam, is the second of Donghak and Cheondoism's two founding scriptures, a collection of Choe Je-u's teaching composed in vernacular Korean Hangeul verse rather than the classical Chinese of the companion Donggyeong Daejeon, so that it could be read and sung by ordinary people who had no classical education. Named for Yongdam, near Gyeongju, where Choe Je-u experienced the 1860 revelation that founded the movement, it carries the same core teaching in accessible form, compiled and published alongside the Donggyeong Daejeon by his successor, Choe Si-hyeong, in the 1880s.
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Era of Composition Language DetailVernacular Korean, written in Hangeul verse 1 Attributed Author / CompilerChoe Je-u; compiled and published by Choe Si-hyeong 1 Structure
StructureA collection of vernacular Korean Hangeul verses compiled and published alongside the Donggyeong Daejeon by Choe Si-hyeong in the 1880s, composed to be read and sung rather than studied as prose. 1 Status
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The Yongdam Yusa is a collection of Choe Je-u's own devotional verse, the founder of Donghak (Cheondoism).
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One of Donghak and Cheondoism's two founding scriptures, in vernacular Korean verse for a general readership.
Source Eastern Learning and the Heavenly Way: The Tonghak and Chondogyo Movements and the Twilight of Korean IndependenceCarl Young
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Source Eastern Learning and the Heavenly Way: The Tonghak and Chondogyo Movements and the Twilight of Korean IndependenceCarl Young
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1. Eastern Learning and the Heavenly Way: The Tonghak and Chondogyo Movements and the Twilight of Korean Independence
Carl Young, University of Hawai'i Press, 2014Originates in Language: Korean, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: korean
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