Table of contents : CONTENTS PREFACE Introduction 1. The Military Coup 2 Myongjong’s Reign 3 .The Ch’oe House Military Institutions 5 .Civil Structure and Personnel: Ch’oe Hang and Ch’oe U˘ i 6. Peasants and Lowborns 7. Buddhism under the Military 8. Land and Other Economic Issues 9. The Ch’oe Dilemma APPENDIXES NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX