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Tales of the Strange by a Korean Confucian Monk
One of the most important and celebrated works of premodern Korean prose fiction, Kumo sinhwa (New Tales of the Golden Turtle) is a collection of five tales of the strange artfully …
A Korean Scholar’s Rude Awakening in Qing China
Two years after Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations was published in 1776, Pak Chega's (1750–1805) Discourse on Northern Learning appeared on the opposite corner of the globe. Both …
Poems and Stories for Overcoming Idleness
Poems and Stories for Overcoming Idleness is the first complete translation in any Western language of P’ahan chip, the earliest Korean work of sihwa (C. shihua; "remarks on …
The Poetry Demon
Chinese Buddhist monks of the Song dynasty (960-1279) called the irresistible urge to compose poetry ""the poetry demon."" In this ambitious study, Jason Protass seeks to bridge …
Zen Evangelist
Huineng (638–713), author and hero of the Platform Sutra, is often credited with founding the Southern school of Chan Buddhism and its radical doctrine of "sudden enlightenment." …
The Encyclopedia of Daily Life
This volume is a fully annotated translation of an early nineteenth-century encyclopedia, the Kyuhap ch'ongso (The Encyclopedia of Daily Life). Written by Lady Yi (1759-1824) as a …
A Korean Confucian’s Advice on How to Be Moral
Tasan Chong Yagyong (1762–1836) is one of the most creative thinkers Korea has ever produced, one of the country’s first Christians, and a leading scholar in Confucian philosophy. …
Precepts, Ordinations, and Practice in Medieval Japanese Tendai
Modern Japanese Buddhist monks of all denominations differ from those in other Asian countries because they frequently marry, drink alcohol, and eat meat. This has caused Buddhist …
The Secrets of Buddhist Meditation
In the early 400s, numerous Indian and Central Asian Buddhist "meditation masters" (chanshi) traveled to China, where they established the first enduring traditions of Buddhist …
Chan Before Chan
What is Buddhist meditation? What is going on - and what should be going on - behind the closed or lowered eyelids of the Buddha or Buddhist adept seated in meditation? And in what …
Record of the Seasonal Customs of Korea
Record of the Seasonal Customs of Korea (Tongguk sesigi) is one of the most important primary sources for anyone interested in traditional Korean cultural and social practices. The …
The Master from Mountains and Fields
The Master from Mountains and Fields is a fully annotated translation of the prose texts from the “collected works” of So Kyongdok (1489–1546), an influential Confucian scholar …