@bougiewonderland@JillsJoy Grim Reapers or Guides to afterlife are common in all the areas influenced by Buddhism. King Yama controls the underworld and has assistants to bring souls across the bridge to him. Korea gets Buddhism from China around 4thC.
But Neo-Confucianism is much later. Zhu Xi, its main proponent, lived in 12thC. Korea is controlled by Mongol Yuan dynasty for 80 years until 1350 and gets neo-confucianism as state philosophy during that time.
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