[ks-open] Tonghak: Is this enough?

[goodwin]

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Hello:

Have you actually begun your research and been unable to find any
English-language resources?

What about your local university librarians. Have you discussed the
issue with them? That is their job, after all.

Almost all the major English-language histories of Korea will have
important sections on  Tonghak peasant movements!

Here are just a few quick examples:

1) Cumings, B. (1997) "Korea's Place..." pp.115-120

2) Lee, Chong-Sik "The Politics of Korean Nationalism" (UCA Press, 1963)

pp. 1-34

3) Robinson, Michael E. "Cultural nationalism in Colonial Korea..." (U
Washington, 1988) Ch.1

By the way, simply by using even the most basic search engine --e.g.,
Google.com-- using the phrase "Tonghak Rebellion" (including the
quotation marks) you can generate 90 possible sources.

Also, the Asia Society's encyclopedia (I think it's about 3 or 4
volumes) will be helpful. It will have a section on the subject --no
doubt with
Further References. To find it, search your library's Catalog,
Periodical Indexes, etc., using the following Subject Heading: Asia
--History-- Dictionaries

Alternatively, look here: http://www.asiasource.org

6) And here are just of the some of the dozens of online bibliographies
that will help you:

a) http://lcweb2.loc.gov/asian/korbibhome.html

b) http://www2.hawaii.edu/korea/bibliography/biblio.htm

N.B. This is an incredible resource! Here are just a few of the items I
found at Kenneth Robinson's Bibliography (i.e., at UHawaii)

              TONGHAK/CH'ONDOGYO

                 An, Pyong-uk and Park Chan-seung. "Historical
Characteristics of the
                 Peasant War of 1894." Korea Journal 34:4 (Winter 1994):

101-113.

                 Beirne, Paul. "The Eclectic Mysticism of Ch'oe Cheu."
The Review of Korean
                 Studies 2 (1999): 159-182.

                 Cho, Jae-gon. "The Connection of the Sino-Japanese War
and the Peasant
                 War of 1894." Korea Journal 34:4 (Winter 1994): 45-58.

                 Ch'oe, Tong-hui. "'Eastern Learning': Tonghak Movement
and Chundo-gyo."
                 Korea Journal 3:5 (May 1963): 14-19.

                 Ch'oe, Tong-hui. "Tonghak Creed: Object of Faith in
Eastern Learning."
                 Korea Journal 5:12 (December 1965): 4-8, 12.

                 Ch'oe, Tong-hui. "The Life and Thought of Ch'oe Che-u."

Korea Journal
                 11:9 (September 1971): 25-31.

                 Ch'oe, Tong-hui. "Tonghak and Korean Thought." Korea
Observer 3:2
                 (January 1971): 26-50.

                 Ch'oe, Tong-hui. "Tonghak Thought and Modernization
(I), (II)." Korea
                 Journal 13:10 (October 1973): 4-9; 13:11 (November
1973): 31-36.

                 Ch'oe, Tong-hui. "Donghak Philosophy." In International

Cultural
                 Foundation, ed. Korean Thought. Seoul: The
Si-sa-yong-o-sa Publishers,
                 Inc., 1982.

                 Chong, Chang-nyeol. "The Study of the Kumgu Party and
the Kobu Peasant
                 Uprising." Korea Journal 34:4 (Winter 1994): 6-16.

                 Han, U-gun. "Tonghak and the Tonghak Revolt." In
Introduction to Korean
                 Studies. Seoul: The National Academy of Sciences, 1986.

                 Hiraki, Makoto. "On Prayers in the Tonghak-ism of
Korea: A Religious
                 Movement in the 19th Century Korea." Tenri Journal of
Religion 14
                 (December 1980): 65-82.

                 Kim, Chongsuh. "Eastern Learning: An Overcoming of
Religious Pluralism."
                 In Kim Chongsuh, ed. Reader in Korean Religion.
Songnam: The Academy
                 of Korean Studies, 1993.

                 Kim, Yong Choon. "The Essence of Man in Ch'ondogyo
Philosophy." Journal
                 of Social Sciences and Humanities 36 (June 1972): 1-11.

                 Kim, Yong Choon. "Aspects of Chondogyo Social Ethics."
Korea Observer 4:4
                 (October 1972): 288-305.

                 Kim, Yong Choon. "Essentials of Chondogyo Ethics."
Koreana Quarterly
                 15:3-4 (Fall-Winter 1973): 1-17.

                 Kim, Yong Choon. "Ch'ondogyo Thought and Its
Significance in Korean
                 Tradition." Korea Journal 15:5 (May 1975): 47-53.

                 Kim, Yong Choon. "An Analysis of Early Ch'ondogyo
Thought." Korea
                 Journal 17:10 (October 1977): 41-46.

                 Kim, Yong Choon. "The Ch'ondogyo Ethics and Its
Significance in Korean
                 Tradition." In Che-1 hoe Hangukhak kukche haksul hoeui
nonmunjip:
                 Papers of the 1st International Conference on Korean
Studies. Songnam:
                 Hanguk chongshin munhwa yonguwon, 1980.

                 Kim, Yong Choon. "The Life and Thought of Ch'oe Suun."
Korean Culture
                 13:3 (Fall 1992): 4-13.

                 Ko, Seok-kyu. "Activities of the Peasant Army During
the Chipkangso
                 Period." Korea Journal 34:4 (Winter 1994): 31-44.

                 Lee, Ewha. "A Study of the Relationship between the
Reform of
                 Misgovernment and the Kabo Reform." Korea Journal 34:4
(Winter 1994):
                 76-89.

                 Lee, Jung Young. "The Development of Indigenous
Thinking in Korea: The
                 Tonghak, Chongyok and Chungsan Movements." Asian and
Pacific
                 Quarterly of Cultural and Social airs 16:3 (Autumn
1984): 1-17.

                 Lee, Sun-keun. "Asia in the 1860s and 'Eastern
Learning' in Korea."
                 Koreana Quarterly 10:3 (Autumn 1968): 315-321.

                 Lee, Young-ho. "The Socioeconomic Background and the
Growth of the New
                 Social Forces of the 1894 Peasant War." Korea Journal
34:4 (Winter 1994):
                 90-100.

                 Lee, Young-ho. "Some Issues in the Study of the 1894
Peasant War." Seoul
                 Journal of Korean Studies 7 (December 1994): 171-186.

                 Lew, Young Ick. "The Conservative Character of the 1894

Tonghak Peasant
                 Uprising: A Reappraisal with Emphasis on Chon
Pong-jun's Background
                 and Motivation." The Journal of Korean Studies 7
(1990): 149-180.

                 Mok, Chong-gyun. "The Centripetal and Centrifugal
Functions of the
                 Tonghak Movement: With Reference to Communication of
the Tonghak
                 Group." Korea Journal 18:5 (May 1978): 50-63.

                 Oh, John K.C. "Ch'ondogyo and Independence Movements."
In C.I. Eugene
                 Kim and Doretha E. Mortimore, eds. Korea's Response to
Japan: The
                 Colonial Period, 1910-1945. Kalamazoo, MI: Center for
Korean Studies,
                 Western Michigan University, 1977.

                 Ra, Jong-il. "Religion and Politics: A Comparative
Study with Emphasis on
                 the Donghak Rebellion and the March First Movement."
(Kyonghui taehak
                 sahak kwahak chosa yonguso) Sahak kwahak yongu 6
(1979): 120-142.

                 Ryu, Teng-Shik. "Ch'on Do Kyo: Korea's Only Indigenous
Religion."
                 Japanese Religions 5:1 (July 1967): 58-XXX.

                 Shin, Bok-ryong. "A Study of Characteristics of the
Dong-Hak Revolution
                 (1860-1894): As a Nationalist Movement." Journal of
Social Sciences and
                 Humanities 39 (June 1974): 63-81.

                 Shin, Il-ch'ol. "Tonghak Movement and Modernization."
Korea Journal 6:5
                 (May 1966): 16-21.

                 Shin, Susan S. "The Tonghak Movement: From
Enlightenment to
                 Revolution." Korean Studies Forum 5 (Winter-Spring
1978-1979): 1-79.

                 Shin, Susan S. "Tonghak Thought: The Roots of
Revolution." Korea Journal
                 19:9 (September 1979): 11-20.

                 Shin, Susan S. "Tonghak Thought: The Roots of
Revolution." In The Korean
                 National Commission for UNESCO, ed. Main Currents of
Korean Thought.
                 Seoul: The Si-sa-yong-o-sa Publishers, Inc., 1983/Arch
Cape, OR: Pace
                 International Research, 1983.

                 Shin, Yong-ha. "The Revolutionary Movement of the
Tonghak Peasant Army
                 of 1894: Seen vis-a-vis the French Revolution." Korea
Journal 29:10
                 (October 1989): 28-33.

                 Shin, Yong-ha. "Establishment of Tonghak and Ch'oe
Che-u." Seoul Journal
                 of Korean Studies 3 (December 1990): 83-102.

                 Shin, Yong-ha. "Conjunction of Tonghak and the Peasant
War of 1894."
                 Korea Journal 34:4 (Winter 1994): 59-75.

                 Shin, Yong-ha. Modern Korean History and Korean
Nationalism. Seoul:
                 Jimoondang, 2000.

                 Suh, Young-hee. "Tracing the Course of the Peasant War
of 1894." Korea
                 Journal 34:4 (Winter 1994): 17-30.

                 Weems, Benjamin. "The Tonghak Rebellion." Journal of
Social Sciences and
                 Humanities 14 (June 1961): 33-48

In general, if you are a bit unsure, you need to locate as many Social
Science & Humanities periodical indexes as you can, in order to then be
ina position to look for the latest, best stuff, as well as, the older
classic articles; many of the latter will no doubt have been written by
members of this List)! But again, your librarian ought to be able direct
you to these sources --even if his or her English is not particularly
strong.

Best,

Mike Goodwin
(College Station, TX)

Doowon Suh wrote:

> Dear list members: I am teaching courses on Korea at the Graduate
> School of International Studies of Korea University and wonder if
> anybody can help me find materials written in English on the Tonghak
> peasant movements. Any suggestions will be deeply appreciated.
>
> I
>
>   Cordially, Doowon Suh