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The Encyclopedia of Daily Life - A Woman's Guide to Living in Late-Choson Korea (Hardcover)
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The Encyclopedia of Daily Life - A Woman's Guide to Living in Late-Choson Korea (Hardcover)
Series: Korean Classics Library: Historical Materials
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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
household management aid for her daughters and daughters-in-law,
the work is a treasure trove of information on how women of higher
status in the late Choson (1392-1910) ran their households and
conducted their daily lives. The encyclopedia opens with lengthy
sections on making beverages and brewing a wide array of liquors
(as well as remedies for the overconsumption of alcohol) and
contains dozens of recipes for dishes ranging from numerous types
of kimch'i to confections and rice cakes. The second part of the
translation concerns prenatal care, childbirth, childrearing, and
first aid for a large number of afflictions and medical conditions.
An extensive introduction will help readers understand the times in
which Lady Yi wrote her encyclopedia and the influences that
fostered her love of scholarship. The work demonstrates the full
sweep of her authority in the domestic sphere and the many aspects
of day-to-day life that women needed to prepare for and manage. Her
mastery of East Asian cosmology comes across clearly in her use of
this knowledge to account for the workings of the world, the
processes required to take care of one's body, and interactions
between humans and the natural world. The Encyclopedia of Daily
Life will be an important reference for those studying medicine,
botany, and the preparation of foodstuffs in premodern East Asian
societies. It will also be a valuable linguistic reference to the
Korean language during the late Choson.
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