Engraving Virtue: The Printing History of a Premodern Korean Moral Primer

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-90-04-24988-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 3, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 590 g

Reihe: Brill's Korean Studies Library

In Engraving Virtue, Young Kyun Oh investigates the publishing history of the Samgang Haengsil-to (Illustrated Guide to the Three Relations), a moral primer of Choson (1392–1910), and traces the ways in which woodblock printed books contributed to shaping premodern Korea.
Originally conceived by the court as a book with which to instill in its society Confucian ethics encased in the stories of moral heroes and heroines as filial sons, loyal subjects, and devoted wives, the Samgang Haengsil-to embodies various aspects of Choson society. With careful examinations of its various editions and historical documents, Oh presents how the life of this book reflected the complicated factors of the Choson society and how it became more than just a reading material.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Oh, Young Kyun

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie

Über Autor(innen)

Young Kyun Oh, Ph.D. (2005), University of Wisconsin-Madison, is Assistant Professor of Chinese and Sino-Korean at the School of International Letters and Cultures, Arizona State University. He has published several articles on Sino-Korean cultural and linguistic connections.