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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 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 …
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 …