The ''Bulssi Japbyeon'', also known in English as ''An Array of Critiques of Buddhism'', is a 1398 Korean

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critique of Buddhism Criticism of Buddhism has taken numerous different forms, including philosophical and rational criticisms, but also criticism of praxis, such as that its practitioners act in ways contrary to Buddhist principles or that those principles systemi ...

by Chŏng To-jŏn. In this work he carried out his most comprehensive refutation of Buddhism, singling out

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doctrines and practices for detailed criticism. Chŏng stated that this book was written with the objective of refuting Buddhism once and for all "lest it destroy

morality Morality () is the categorization of intentions, Decision-making, decisions and Social actions, actions into those that are ''proper'', or ''right'', and those that are ''improper'', or ''wrong''. Morality can be a body of standards or principle ...

and eventually humanity itself." The charges leveled against Buddhism in the ''Bulssi japbyeon'' constitute a full inventory of the various arguments made by

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s from the time of the introduction of Buddhism into East Asia during the 2nd century CE. These arguments are arranged in eighteen sections, each of which criticises a particular aspect of Buddhist doctrine or practice.

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Full English translation of the ''Bulssi japbyeon'' with source text
Korean Confucianism Korean literature Buddhism-related controversies Criticism of Buddhism History of Buddhism in Korea Buddhism in Joseon {{Buddhism-book-stub

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