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The Jehol Diary
Pak Chiwon diarizes the experiences of his remarkable overland journey on horseback from the northern border region of Korea to China’s imperial summer residence in Jehol. Having been commanded by King Chongjo, the Korean monarch, to undertake the journey, Pak accompanied the royal envoys in 1780 on their tributary visit to the Chinese Emperor Qianlong,…
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Admonitions on governing the people: manual for all administrators
“”Admonitions on Governing the People” is the most highly regarded and celebrated work by one of Korea’s most creative thinkers. This carefully translated English language edition will be widely consulted by serious scholars of Korean intellectual history.”–Mark Setton, author of “Chong Yagyong: Korea’s Challenge to Orthodox Neo-Confucianism”
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A Moment’s Grace: Stories from Korean in Transition
A Moment s Grace presents short stories that depict the core of the process of Korea s modernization, from Liberation in 1945 to the Seoul Olympics in 1988. The stories here provide a view of the process through the eyes of ordinary people as they were affected by the historical and social forces that formed…
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The long road
In-Suk Kim is one of the best of the new breed of socially- and politically-conscious writers to come out of Korea. She has an intense, internalized style of writing, with strong narrative skills. A short novel, The Long Road has many characteristics of a play, with the three main characters articulating their disappointments, disillu-sionments, anger…