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Women's Rights In The Choson Dynasty

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Women’s Rights in the Choson Dynasty (1392-1910)
Introduction
Confucianism has had a strong impact on the moral ideals of China. Over time through trade, foreign relations, and traveling scholars, the same ideology was spread into Korea. During the fall of the Koryeo dynasty (918-1392) and the early Choson dynasty the state religion changed from Buddhism to Confucianism. This is often referred to as the Confucian revival or the Neo-Confucian movement. The Confucian roles of women were based onthe Analects of Confucius and the teachings of several Chinese Confucian philosophers of Mencius and Zhu Xi. Neo-Confucianism stripped what little rights women held during the Koryeo dynasty away by placing women into the domestic sphere. The women of
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