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Cedar

Here is a quiz some of you might like to check out... it's pretty damn tough. But it's fun, too. Let me know if you get more than 35 or so out of 55 points, cause I'll be impressed!http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=11594606895825620738

Cedar · Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 7:03 am Post subject:

c'mon didn't ANYONE take this?

Tiny_Tibbo · Joined: 21 Apr 2005 Location: In My Skin

i did...i got 7.... Embarassed

Son Deureo! · Joined: 30 Apr 2003

Um... I got 18, which makes me a beginner.

Tough test.

anjucat · Joined: 26 Jul 2005

I only got 14. Embarassed

Yet for my age and gender it said I scored in the top 1%. Yup, dern hard test...

Cedar · Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2005 4:21 pm Post subject:

Well, it's a new test so it's only had a few takers, so that's why you'll score high for age/gender regardeless of your low overall score.

If anyone has any questions about it, I'd be happy to answer. For example, the which came first question... in fact both Confucianism and Buddhism were adopted in Korea in the same year!

The harder questions are worth 2 or 3 points, and if you answer wrong, that makes a larger difference in your overall score.

visviva · Joined: 03 Feb 2003 Location: Daegu

Great idea for a test.

I got 23 (would have done better if I hadn't gotten a couple of names backwards), but I think that some of the questions are fairly bogus... for instance, the question of who the Dead Loyalists pissed off depends on whether you accept the canonical version of history or if you think that Taejong was really carrying out the orders of his father... likewise, there are various accounts of when Confucianism and Buddhism entered Korea, with some tracing Buddhism to the first queen of Gaya or Confucianism to the semimythical kingdom of Gija Joseon. Just nitpicking, though. All in good fun.

Butterfly · Joined: 02 Mar 2003 Location: Kuwait

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desultude · Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 12:20 am Post subject:

I got 20. That was hard!

I guess I had better crack that book I recently bought on Korean philosophy.

Manner of Speaking · Joined: 09 Jan 2003

What the hell? This is what I got when I clicked on the link:

What the hell is this?

Somebody hack the site? Shocked

Cedar · Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 6:55 am Post subject:

damn! I got the same thing! uh....????

I'll try to check the ID again... sorry! Checked it... it appears the whole darn site is down right now.

Oh, and on the question about who got to Korea first... well, since there are arguments from both Confucianism and Buddhism that they were here first, the fact that they were both formally adopted in the same year is as accurate as we can get. Anything else is unsubstantiated, even though I like stories like Saro and the Ayudhaya Princess.

I'll have to go back and look at the Six Dead Loyalists question to see if your argument is good for the way I worded it... I was trying to avoid ambiguities.

JongnoGuru · Joined: 25 May 2004 Location: peeing on your doorstep

Yep, the url has definitely been bought by that ever-popular pornsite, "Chicks with Dicks".

Here's an on-topic question. Or two.

Which president of the Republic had Buddhist statuary (stone pagodas? can't remember) removed from Cheong Wa Dae, much to the merriment of millions of Korean Christians?

Which potential presidential candidate of the Republic is said to have dedicated the Korean capital to "the Lord"?

Cedar · Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 8:44 am Post subject:

In reference to these questions:

33. The Six Dead Loyalists (Confucian scholars, all) died because they pissed off...
Taejo
Taejong
Sejong
Sejo

34. The Six Live Loyalists were called that because they...
Avoided being killed
Loyally served the new king
Avoided the political sphere until their natural death
Exposed the plot of the Six Dead Loyalists (Traitors)

Visviva said:
"for instance, the question of who the Dead Loyalists pissed off depends on whether you accept the canonical version of history or if you think that Taejong was really carrying out the orders of his father... "

But, this is totally wrong, because the Six Dead Loyalists Died LONG AFTER Taejong died, in fact, after Taejong's son (Sejong) and his son's sons (Munjong and Danjong) had ruled. So, canonical version of history or not, Taejong didn't kill them, heck, they probably weren't born when he was still alive... therefore, well, the answer couldn't possibly be Taejong. In fact, I think this was a pretty clear cut case, as they were objecting to the ousting of Danjong (Sejo's nephew) from kingship by Sejo, and therefore it was Sejo that they pissed off.

By the way, question 34 gave partial credit for "avoided being killed" (1 point, ideal answer was 3 points).

Cedar · Posted: Tue Sep 13, 2005 8:50 am Post subject:

In case anyone is confused, Sejo ousted Danjong (sometimes spelled Tanjong) and THEN he wound up dead after people (like the Six Dead Loyalists) tried to return him to power. If he'd meekly and quietly stayed out the lime-light, Sejo probably wouldn't have had him eliminated, as he did wait awhile first...

On the other hand, Sejo is (beyond a doubt) one of the strongest, most interesting and most effective rulers of the Joseon Dynasty despite his penchant for executing people (a habit he was not alone in...).

My Joseon Dynasty favorites kings...

1. Yeongjo (longest rein, and boy was it colorful!)
2. Sejo (the only Joseon King who tried to actively promote Buddhism)
3. Jeongjo (cause he tried so hard on behalf of his father, it makes me sad)

I know Sejong is the popular choice, that's why I just can't. And I know that Taejo or Taejong would top a lot of people's lists, but, well, Taejo was a traitor that turned on his king and founded a new dynasty with himself at the top and Taejong was pretty freaking bloodthirsty, too (So bad his father retired (not dead) and refused to talk to him for years, even shooting at his messengers with arrows when they tried to approach).

Bo Peabody · Joined: 25 Aug 2005

Got a 20. Is that good or bad?