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    STUDIA PHILOLOGIA - Issue no. 1 / 2013  
         
  Article:   THE 1728 MUSIN REBELLION (MUSILLAN 戊申亂): APPROACHES, SOURCES AND QUESTIONS.

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  Abstract:  The 1728 Musin Rebellion (Musillan 戊申亂): Approaches, Sources and Questions. The 1728 Musin Rebellion was the most serious military challenge to King Yŏngjo’s rule, and the rebels gained widespread popular support. This article analyses the scholarly understandings of the rebellion, investigates important primary sources available to researchers, and identifies important unanswered questions about the rebellion. Most scholars have analysed the attempt to overthrow King Yŏngjo’s government using the systems/value-consensus approach to rebellion. Such explanations leave unanswered key questions concerning the rebel failure, the fratricidal character of the rebellion and the reason for the initiation of violence. Many official and unofficial sources exist, but the development of strategies to deal with the problems of truncated sources, factional bias and the reliability of rebel testimony remain unaddressed.

Keywords: 1728, Musin rebellion, Musillan, Yŏngjo, factionalism, theory of rebellion, late Chosŏn history

 
         
     
         
         
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