The Lives and Legacy of Kim Sisŭp (1435-1493)

Dissent and Creativity in Chosŏn Korea
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-90-04-51907-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 7, 292 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 636 g

Reihe: Brill's Korean Studies Library

The Lives and Legacy of Kim Sisup (1435–1493) offers an account of the most extraordinary figure of Korean literature and intellectual history. The present work narrates the fascinating story of a prodigious child, acclaimed poet, author of the first Korean novel, Buddhist monk, model subject, Confucian recluse and Daoist master. No other Choson scholar or writer has been venerated in both Confucian shrines and Buddhist temples, had his works widely read in Tokugawa Japan and became an integral part of the North Korean literary canon.

The nine studies and further materials presented in this volume provide a detailed look on the various aspects of Kim Sisup’s life and work as well as a reflection of both traditional and modern narratives surrounding his legacy. Contributors are: Vladimír Glomb, Gregory N. Evon, Dennis Wuerthner, Barbara Wall, Kim Daeyeol, Miriam Löwensteinová, Anastasia A. Guryeva, Sixiang Wang, and Diana Yüksel.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Glomb, Vladimir

Löwensteinová, Miriam

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

List of Figures

Abbreviations

Conventions

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

Vladimír Glomb

A Chronology of Key Biographical Events and Writings

Gregory N. Evon

“Thus I May Now Dare Explain My Actual Situation without Hiding Anything”—Autobiographical and Biographical Writings

Dennis Wuerthner

In the Vortex of Intellectual Change: Buddhist–Confucian Tensions in Memorializing Kim Sisup

Gregory N. Evon

Kim Sisup, the Ghost Story Teller: From Obscurity to the Screen

Barbara Wall

Kim Sisup and Daoist Schools

Kim Daeyeol

Dream Narratives

Miriam Löwensteinová

Commemoration in Early Choson Political Culture: How Kim Sisup Became a Loyal Official

Sixiang Wang

Art, Word and the Art of the Word in Poems by Kim Sisup

Anastasia A. Guryeva

Kim Sisup: Paragon of Defiant Political Action

Diana Yüksel

Kim Sisup and His Place in Korean Confucianism

Vladimír Glomb

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Vladimír Glomb, Ph.D. (2010), Charles University in Prague, is a researcher in the field of Korean philosophy, language and history and Confucianism in general. He is Deputy Professor at the Institute of Korean Studies at Freie Universität Berlin.

Miriam Löwensteinová, Ph.D. (2002), is Professor and Director of the Department of Korean Studies at Charles University in Prague. She has published numerous monographs and articles on various themes of Korean literature and cultural traditions.