Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the Library of Congress catalog.
Note: Contents data are machine generated based on pre-publication provided by the publisher. Contents may have variations from the printed book or be incomplete or contain other coding.
CONTENTS Preface xv Acknowledgements xxiii Introduction 1 The Chinese Emperor Burned Historical Accounts 12 The People?s Republic of China?s View Astronomical Chart, Lunar Calendar, and Millenarian The Korean?Chinese Characters, Millenarianism, Millenarian Kingdom and Old Korean Characters Nurhachi????, The Qing and the Taiping 19 Ancient Korean Millenarian Doctrine and Root Colonial Legacy and Freedom from Dependence Oral Tradition and Millenarian Study of Ancient Korea 12 Dream 13 and History 14 or Chinese Characters 16 of Asian Millenarianism 20 on Material Documentations 22 Asian Millenarianism 23 Japanese and Korean Relations 24 Comprehensive or Quantum Approach 25 Chapter 1: Millenarian Scholarship?Evolution of the Meaning of the Millennium 41 Broad Application to Non-Christian Millennial and Political Ideology 46 No Consensus on a De?nition of Millenarianism 51 Link with Other Ideologies and Totalitarianism 52 Natural Science, Technological and Medical Approaches to Millenarianism 53 Generalization About Millenarianism 54 Other Theories of the Millenarian Movements 55 The Asian Millenarian Movements 56 The Buddhism Related Millenarian Movements 56 The Chinese Millenarian Movement 56 The Vietnamese Millenarian Movement 57 Chapter 2: Origin of Millenarianism?Great Peace For 100 Million Years 63 The Ancient Korean Millenarian State?The First Chos?n (Korea) 64 The Second Millenarian Kingdom?The Second The Third Millenarian Kingdom?The Third Ancient Millenarian View with Yin, Yang, Five The I-jing Theory of Ch??nbugy?ng, Jesus Christ, New Geo-Physics? View of the End of the The Ancient Korean Millenarian Doctrine The Korean And The Judeo-Christian Relationship 69 Chos?n (Korea) 70 Chos?n (Korea) 71 Myth in Korean History and Scholarship 73 Philosophy Of The Millenarian Kingdom 74 Heaven, Earth, And Heavenly Way In East Asia 84 Haeng, and The I-jing 85 and Christian Millenarianism 88 The I-jing and Medicine 90 The Human Body 91 Mind and Health 93 Earth and Cosmic Cycle 94 World?The Axis 97 Theory Of Spin Of The Earth 97 Cosmologists? View of the End of the World 100 and Confucianism 101 The Ancient Korean Millenarian Doctrine and Buddhism 103 The Ancient Korean Millenarian Doctrine, Taoism, Taiping, and Tonghak 103 Chapter 3: Traditional China and Traditional Korea?Apocalyptic Phenomena Years 109 The Traditional China 110 The Traditional Korea?The Structure of Traditional The Japanese and Manchurian Impact and the The Western Impact and the Crisis of the The Structure of Traditional Chinese Society 111 The Qing Government?s Policy towards the South 117 Western Impact on China and the Crisis of the Qing 121 Korean Society 124 The Yi Dynasty Government 126 Weakening of the Yi Dynasty 127 Korean Nation 128 Conclusion 130 Chapter 4: The Millenarian Motivation of the Taiping and Tonghak Leaders 137 Hong Xiuquan?s Background and Motivation Toward the God-worship Society 138 Suun Ch?oe Che-u?s Family Background and Motivation Toward Revelation 148 Conclusion 154 Chapter 5: The Taiping and Tonghak Philosophy of History 161 The Taiping?Hong Xiuquan?s View of God 162 Hong Xiuquan and Christianity 164 Hong Xiuquan?s Apocalyptic View and Heavenly Way 165 Hong Xiuquan?s Views on Other Religions 166 Ideological Justi?cation Against the Qing 168 Millenarian Heavenly Kingdom by Shangdi-Hong The Tonghak?Tonghak?s Millenarian Philosophy Tonghak?s View on Natural Law, Yin, Yang, Hong Xiuquan?s View on Injustice 169 The Great Equal Society (Datung Society) 170 Hong Xiuquan?s Nationalism 173 Religion 176 and Its Political and Social Implications 180 Nationalism 183 ?Preserve The Country? (Poguk) 183 Secure Peace For The People (Anmin) 185 Ki (Chi) Energy and God 185 Other Apocalyptic Views 193 Michel Nostradamus 193 Buddhism 194 Christianity 195 Islam 196 The End of the World and Natural Sciences 199 Tonghak and Environment 201 Tonghak?s Millenarian Dream 202 Tonghak?s Cosmic Cycle?The 50,000-Year Period 203 Tonghak?s Millenarian Doctrine 205 Tonghak and Christianity 208 Tonghak and Confucianism 210 Tonghak, Buddhism, and Taoism 211 The Fall and the Nature of Sin 211 Conclusion 213 Chapter 6: The Taiping and the Tonghak as Dynamic National Forces 227 The Taiping: Hong Xiuquan?s First Step Toward Revolt 228 God-Worship Religion and God-Worship Society 229 The Hakkas Join Feng Yunshan?s God-Worship Society 232 The Attack on the Local Shrine and the Arrest of The Holy Ghost and the New Leaders?Yang The Chinese Local Militias Attack the The Preparation of the Jintian Uprising Hong Xiuquan?s Stance Against Heavenly The Occupations of Wuhan and Nanjing and Yang Xiuqing?s Ambition and Hong Xiuquan?s Hong Xiuquan Calls Wei Changhui and The Death of the Taiping Kings and the The Tonghak?Suun Ch?oe Che-u?s Entry into Increase of Tonghak Power and Formation of a Feng Yunshan 233 and Xiao 235 God-worshipers 243 (Taiping Rebellion) 244 The Jintian Uprising and Secular Desires 248 The Heaven-and-the Earth Society Joins the Taiping 249 Other Agencies Join the Taiping 251 Taiping?s Edict For Secular Desires 254 The Taiping and Popular Participation 258 Paradise and the Bible 259 Hong Xiuquan?s Heavenly Kingdom on Earth 260 the Taiping?s Slide Toward Corruption 261 Conspiracy to Kill Yang Xiuqing 262 Wei Changhui Kills Yang Xiuqing 267 Wei Changhui?s Con?ict with Hong Xiuquan 271 Collapse of the Taiping 273 the Secular World and Missionary Work 278 New Leadership and Body of Teachings 280 The Prelude to the Revolt 282 Haew?l Ch?oe Si-hy?ng Hides from Yi P?il?s Revolt 284 The Tonghak?s Petitions to the Government 285 Reorganization of the Tonghak and Re-Petitioning of the Government 286 Ch?n Pong-jun Revolts Against the Government Somali Islam Against the West?Muhammad without Haew?l?s Permission 296 Emergence of the Northern Leadership 301 Abdullah Hassan 305 Conclusion 306 Chapter 7: Chungsando as a Tonghak 317 True Tonghak 318 Causes of Suffering and the Great Change to Matteo Ricci, Modern Civiliz ation, and The Principle of a Millenarian Utopia?Cosmic Establishing a New Framework for The Sino-American War Centering on Unity Of Religions 318 Millenarian Paradise 319 Suun Ch?oe Che-u 319 Chung-san?s Relation to Tonghak Thought 320 Cycles and the Final Days 324 Ki (chi) Energy 326 Heaven, Earth, and the Millenarian Paradise 326 Government 327 Ways for Salvation 327 Honesty 327 Justice And Betrayal 328 Divine Power 328 Chungsando and Heaven, Earth, and Humanity 330 Prediction 330 World Affairs 330 Korea Again 331 The Kobe Earthquake in Japan 331 The Russo-Japanese War (1904?1905) 331 Japanese Defeat in World War II 331 Japanese Control over Korea 332 The Great Catastrophe, the Pole Shift, and the The Completed Testament Age and the Millenarian The Ultimate Contest Ends the Established Order 332 Final Days 333 The Later Heaven and New Millenarian Paradise 334 The Uni?cation Church and Millenarianism 334 Uni?cation Church?s View on Orthodox Christianity 335 The Meaning of the Human Fall and the Root of Sin 335 Body and Spirit 337 The Purpose of God?s Creation 337 The Goal in God?s Dispensation of Salvation 339 Victory over Satan and the Restoration of True Love 340 Jesus? Failure to Achieve the Heavenly Kingdom 341 Dream 342 The Chosen People 342 Moon Proclaims Himself as the Messiah 343 Mrs. Sun Myung Moon?s Speech 344 Chapter 8: Conclusion?Generalization of Millenarianism 347 Millenarianism and the Asian Cases?The East Asian Millenarian Movements 347 The Causative Factors of the Millenarian Movements 351 The Tonghak and the Taiping Millenarian Movement 351 A Paradigm of Millenarianism in the Asian Tradition 353 Examination of the Major Theories of Millenarianism 354 Cohn?s De?nition of Millenarianism 355 Examination of the Deprivation Theory 356 Desires and Millenarianism 360 Millenarianisms 361 Self-Millenarianism and Sel? ess Millenarianism 361 Millenarianism And Reincarnation 370 A Human Being Reborn as a Pig 372 Non-Asians and Reincarnation 374 Reincarnation, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam 375 Self-Millenarianism?Monotheistic and Monotheistic and Spirit Within Body Monotheistic, Material and No-Spirit Within Monotheistic?Pantheistic Spirit Within Body Monotheistic?Pantheistic Non-Spirit Within Spirit With Material-Body Non-Material and Non-Body Self or Christianity 375 Islam 376 The Middle Ages and the Renaissance 376 Reincarnation and Western Scholars 378 The Sel?ess Millenarian Movement 379 Non-Monotheistic Millenarianism 381 Self-Millenarianism 382 Body Self-Millenarianism 382 Self-Millenarianism 382 Body Self-Millenarianism 382 Atheistic Materialistic Millenarianism 382 Scienti?c Millenarianism 383 Linear Millenarianism And Cyclical Millenarianism 383 De?nition of Millenarianism 383 Self-Millenarianism 383 Sel?ess Millenarianism 384
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Tonghak Incident, 1894.
Korea -- History -- 1864-1910.
Korea -- History -- Philosophy.
China -- History -- Taiping Rebellion, 1850-1864.
China -- History -- 19th century.
Nationalism -- Religious aspects.
Millennialism -- Comparative studies.