Justin Hebert Dec 2, 2024
The Battlefield of Ideas
With its new constitutional structure in place, the Japanese government began to take on a more permanent political shape. However, war with China over the future of Korea lurked on the horizon.
https://ahistoryofjapan.com/2024/12/02/the-battlefield-of-ideas/
#Meiji #Season13 #Diet #Donghak #FirstSinoJapaneseWar #GapsinCoup #History #Japan #Joseon #Meiji #politics
The Battlefield of Ideas - A History of Japan

With its new constitutional structure in place, the Japanese government began to take on a more permanent political shape. However, war with China over the future of Korea lurked on the horizon.

A History of Japan - Podcast
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I just got some pages about Choe Je-u and Donghak, and the #Donghak #PeasantRevolution. Tonight I'll try a deeper reading of the pages, but a video title "Humans Treated Like Heaven Again" and a few other eye-catching phrases are what reminded me of the #JohnBerger quotes above. The Introduction in his #PeasantTrilogy, starting with #PigEarth, come to mind a lot. Practical advice in there too: when the armed guys rush towards you don't run but don't do anything.
#ChoeJeU in #Korea
Spammy Snarker L.J.Sep 21, 2020

人乃天 事人如天

"The person is Heaven itself. Serve people as you would serve Heaven."

- Choi Jewoo, founder of the #Donghak religion that argued for the equality of all and opposed feudal discrimination and exploitation. He was executed in 1864, but the movement he founded became the basis of the Donghak Peasant Uprising of 1894. #history #philosophy #religion #Korea