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Even as Confucianism held sway over the political structure of Koryo, Zen (Seon) Buddhism remained the nation’s prime philosophical and religious paradigm. As threats from the north increased, Buddhist monks, ignoring the fact that core doctrine forbade the taking of life, nonetheless took up arms for the purpose of protecting monastic holdings while actively participating militarily in the interest of national defense. Defeated several times at the hands of Jurchen invaders, who were reinforced by the nomadic Khitan tribes, strategic necessity warranted the creation of an elite cadre outside the structure of the armed forces known as the P’yomuban or the Extraordinary Military Corps. This entity was composed of three divisions: elite, youthful warriors made up the Sin’gigun; the Sinbugun, which included peasants supplemented by rank and file soldiers; and lastly, the Hangmagun, comprised of battle-trained Buddhist monks fighting under the banner of the Subdue Demon Corps credited with repulsing the Jurchen invaders. Aside from these Buddhist-based and regular army troops, it is purported that clandestine martial arts training took place behind palace doors. Supposedly influenced by ancient fighting techniques, Royal Court Martial Arts or Koong Joong Mu Sool was taught and the common folk were excluded.