The Korean Images of Tibet and Sirhak Scholars: the Plurality of Truths? In Relation to the Issue of the Epistemological Shift in Eighteenth-Century Korea
This essay deals with the history of the perception of Tibet in the consciousness of Korea’s intellectuals from the seventh to nineteenth centuries. Since Tibet was peripheral from the viewpoint of Koreans, and direct contact between the two lands was sporadic at best, little continuity in the perce...
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| Language: | English |
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Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
2011-12-01
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| Series: | Transcultural Studies |
| Online Access: | https://heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/index.php/transcultural/article/view/9128 |