Confucian Exemplars and Catholic Saints as Models for Women in Nineteenth-Century Korea

Women in Joseon Korea (1392-1910) were held to high standards of virtue, which were propagated through didactic texts such as the “Chaste and Obedient Biographies” volume of Lienü Zhuan, the Chinese classic featuring biographies of exemplary women. Joseon women who converted to Catholicism were also...

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Main Author: Torrey, Deberniere (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2020]
In: Religions
Year: 2020, Volume: 11, Issue: 3
Further subjects:B women and Catholicism
B Catholic Saints
B early Korean Catholicism
B Confucianism
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