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Donghak

Movement Defunct 1860 CE – 1905 CE

Donghak (lit. “Eastern Learning”) is an academic movement in Korean Neo-Confucianism founded in 1860 by Choe Je-u.

The Donghak movement arises as a reaction to seohak ("Western learning"), and calls for a return to the "Way of Heaven".

While Donghak originates as a reform movement and revival of Confucian teachings, it gradually evolves into a religion known today as Cheondoism in Korea under the third patriarch.

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