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Confucianism (K: ''yugyo'') and a writing system based on the [[Chinese language]] were already in use in the Korean [[Three Kingdoms (Korea)|Three Kingdoms]] by the 4th century. Some scholars believe that both may have been introduced as early as the 2nd century BCE.<ref name=pam>Gallery labels, Pacific Asia Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/14807997540/in/photostream/]</ref>

Confucianism (K: ''yugyo'') and a writing system based on the [[Chinese language]] were already in use in the Korean [[Three Kingdoms (Korea)|Three Kingdoms]] by the 4th century. Some scholars believe that both may have been introduced as early as the 2nd century BCE.<ref name=pam>Gallery labels, Pacific Asia Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/14807997540/in/photostream/]</ref>

King [[Sosurim]] of [[Koguryo]] established a National Confucian Academy (太学, K: ''taehak'') in [[372]], and several centuries later, King [[Gwangjong]] of [[Goryeo]] established a system of Confucian examinations for selecting scholar-officials to be appointed to government posts.<ref name=pam/> [[Buddhism]] remained dominant, however, over Confucianism in Korea for over a thousand years, with Confucianism only first becoming dominant in the 15th century. At that time, the [[Joseon]] Court adopted Neo-Confucianism (K: ''seongrihak'') in the vein of Zhu Xi (K: Joo Hui) as the chief guiding political philosophy of the court.<ref name=pam/> Some scholars argue that the Confucianization of Korean society was not complete until the 17th century, and the 17th-18th centuries saw considerable ritual controversies.<ref>Evelyn Rawski, ''Early Modern China and Northeast Asia: Cross-Border Perspectives'', Cambridge University Press (2015), 125.</ref>

King [[Sosurim]] of [[Koguryo]] established a National Confucian Academy (太学, K: ''taehak'') in [[372]], and several centuries later, King [[Gwangjong]] of [[Goryeo]] (r. [[925]]-[[975]]) established a system of Confucian examinations for selecting scholar-officials to be appointed to government posts.<ref name=pam/> [[Buddhism]] remained dominant, however, over Confucianism in Korea for over a thousand years, with Confucianism only first becoming dominant in the 15th century. At that time, the [[Joseon]] Court adopted Neo-Confucianism (K: ''seongrihak'') in the vein of Zhu Xi (K: Joo Hui) as the chief guiding political philosophy of the court.<ref name=pam/> Some scholars argue that the Confucianization of Korean society was not complete until the 17th century, and the 17th-18th centuries saw considerable ritual controversies.<ref>Evelyn Rawski, ''Early Modern China and Northeast Asia: Cross-Border Perspectives'', Cambridge University Press (2015), 125.</ref>

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