The Donggyeong Daejeon, the Great Scripture of Eastern Learning, is one of the two founding scriptures of Donghak and Cheondoism, a collection of Choe Je-u's writings in classical Chinese setting out the movement's core doctrine, including the teaching that the divine dwells within every person. Choe Je-u wrote the material in the early 1860s before his 1864 execution; it was compiled and published in its collected form by his successor, Choe Si-hyeong, in 1880. Written in classical Chinese, it addressed a literate scholarly readership, complementing the vernacular Korean Yongdam Yusa, which carried the same teaching to a wider audience.
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Era of Composition Attributed Author / CompilerChoe Je-u; compiled and published by Choe Si-hyeong 1 Structure
StructureA collection of Choe Je-u's classical Chinese writings compiled as a set of doctrinal essays rather than a continuous narrative, arranged in their present form by Choe Si-hyeong for the 1880 printing. 1 Status
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The Donggyeong Daejeon records the teachings of Choe Je-u, the founder of Donghak (Cheondoism).
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One of Donghak and Cheondoism's two founding scriptures, addressed to a literate scholarly readership in classical Chinese.
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: Classical Chinese, Stored language property on this entity, cited to this source: classical-chinese
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