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Korea's Premier Collection of Classical Literature - Selections from So Kojong's Tongmunson (Hardcover)
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Korea's Premier Collection of Classical Literature - Selections from So Kojong's Tongmunson (Hardcover)
Series: Korean Classics Library: Historical Materials
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This is the first book in English to offer an extensive
introduction to the Tongmunson (Selections of Refined Literature of
Korea)-the largest and most important Korean literary collection
created prior to the twentieth century-as well as translations of
essays from key chapters. The Tongmunson was compiled in 1478 by So
Kojong (1420-1488) and other Choson literati at the command of King
Songjong (r. 1469-1494). It was modeled after the celebrated
Chinese anthology Wen Xuan and contains poetry and prose in an
extensive array of styles and genres. The Translators' Introduction
begins by describing the general structure of the Tongmunson and
contextualizes literary output in Korea within the great sweep of
East Asian literature from the eighth to the fifteenth centuries.
The entire Tongmunson as well as all of the essays selected for
translation were written in hanmun (as opposed to Korean
vernacular), which points to a close literary connection between
the continent and the peninsula. The Introduction goes on to
discuss the genres contained in the Tongmunson and examines style
as revealed through prosody. The translation of two of these genres
(treatises and discourses) in four books of the Tongmunson
showcases prose-writing and the intellectual concerns of the age.
Through their discussions of morality, nature, and the fantastic,
we see Daoist, Buddhist, and Confucian themes at work in essays by
some of Korea's most distinguished writers, among them Yi Kyubo, Yi
Saek, Yi Chehyon, and Chong Tojon. The translations also include
annotations and extensive cross-references to classical allusions
in the Chinese canon, making the present volume an essential
addition to any East Asian literature collection.
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