Tales of the strange by a Korean Confucian monk = Kŭmo sinhwa by Kim Sisŭp

"One of the most important and celebrated works of premodern Korean prose fiction, Kŭmo sinhwa (New Tales of the Golden Turtle) is a collection of five tales of the strange artfully written in literary Chinese by Kim Sisŭp (1435-1493). Kim was a major intellectual and poet of the early Chosŏn dynasty (1392-1897), and this book is widely recognized as marking the beginning of classical fiction in Korea. The present volume features an extensive study of Kim and the Kŭmo sinhwa, followed by a copiously annotated, complete English translation of the tales from the oldest extant edition. The translation captures the vivaciousness of the original, while the annotations reveal the work's complexity, unraveling the deep and diverse intertextual connections between the Kŭmo sinhwa and preceding works of Chinese and Korean literature and philosophy. The Kŭmo sinhwa can thus be read and appreciated as a hybrid work that is both distinctly Korean and Sino-centric East Asian. A translator's introduction discusses this hybridity in detail, as well as the unusual life and tumultuous times of Kim Sisŭp ; the Kŭmo sinhwa's creation and its translation and transformation in early modern Japan and twentieth-century (especially North) Korea and beyond ; and its characteristics as a work of dissent. Tales of the Strange by a Korean Confucian Monk will be welcomed by Korean and East Asian studies scholars and students, yet the body of the work - stories of strange affairs, fantastic realms, seductive ghosts, and majestic but eerie beings from the netherworld - will be enjoyed by academics and non-specialist readers alike."-- Provided by publisher Contents 6 Acknowledgments 8 Conventions 10 I. Translators’ Introduction 12 Translators’ Introduction 14 II. Translation 80 New Tales of the Golden Turtle (Kŭmo sinhwa) 80 Chapter 1 82 Biography of Master Maewŏltang (Maewŏltang sŏnsaeng chŏn) 82 Chapter 2 85 Account of a Chŏp’o Game at Manbok Temple (Manboksa chŏp’o ki) 85 Chapter 3 99 Biography of Scholar Yi Who Peered over the Wall (Yi-saeng kyujang chŏn) 99 Chapter 4 114 Travel Record of a Drunken Excursion to Pubyŏk Pavilion (Ch’wiyu pubyŏkchŏng ki) 114 Chapter 5 126 Gazetteer of the Southern Continent Yŏmbu (Namyŏmbuju chi) 126 Chapter 6 139 Report of [Scholar Han] Attending a Banquet in the Dragon Palace (Yonggung puyŏn rok) 139 Chapter 7 156 Written at the End of the First Collection [of Kŭmo sinhwa] (Sŏ kapchip-hu) 156 Glossary of Names and Terms 158 Abbreviations 182 Notes 184 Bibliography 370 Index 382 About the Translator 400 _Hlk536179839 8 _Hlk536179873 8 _Hlk2267610 14 _Hlk3826219 14 _Hlk3985119 14 _Hlk3985152 14 _Hlk3985170 14 _Hlk3985188 14 _Hlk3985211 14 _Hlk2270977 16 _Hlk2608957 16 _Hlk3986390 184 _Hlk3987492 184 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_Hlk5630723 349 _Hlk5633892 352 _Hlk10566251 353 _Hlk5634362 353 _Hlk5701629 355 _Hlk5703420 357 _Hlk5714668 359 _Hlk5715164 359 _Hlk5715406 360 _Hlk6484510 365 _Hlk5721625 366 _Hlk5723161 368 _Hlk536366207 178 _Hlk10572627 179 _GoBack 182 _Hlk5291650 370 _Hlk5216824 370 _Hlk4928203 371 _Hlk4928337 371 _Hlk6061195 371 _Hlk6061243 371 _Hlk3744525 374 _Hlk6671315 376 _Hlk3745512 376 _Hlk6671644 377 _Hlk6500711 377 Blank Page 1 "One of the most important and celebrated works of premodern Korean prose fiction, Kŭmo sinhwa (New Tales of the Golden Turtle) is a collection of five tales of the strange artfully written in literary Chinese by Kim Sisŭp (1435-1493). Kim was a major intellectual and poet of the early Chosŏn dynasty (1392-1897), and this book is widely recognized as marking the beginning of classical fiction in Korea. The present volume features an extensive study of Kim and the Kŭmo sinhwa, followed by a copiously annotated, complete English translation of the tales from the oldest extant edition. The translation captures the vivaciousness of the original, while the annotations reveal the work's complexity, unraveling the deep and diverse intertextual connections between the Kŭmo sinhwa and preceding works of Chinese and Korean literature and philosophy. The Kŭmo sinhwa can thus be read and appreciated as a hybrid work that is both distinctly Korean and Sino-centric East Asian. A translator's introduction discusses this hybridity in detail, as well as the unusual life and tumultuous times of Kim Sisŭp ; the Kŭmo sinhwa's creation and its translation and transformation in early modern Japan and twentieth-century (especially North) Korea and beyond ; and its characteristics as a work of dissent. Tales of the Strange by a Korean Confucian Monk will be welcomed by Korean and East Asian studies scholars and students, yet the body of the work - stories of strange affairs, fantastic realms, seductive ghosts, and majestic but eerie beings from the netherworld - will be enjoyed by academics and non-specialist readers alike."-- Provided by publisher """A Chŏp'o Game at Manbok Temple" and "Biography of Scholar Yi" are ghost-wife tales dealing with intimate romances between men and female ghosts. "Drunken Excursion to Pubyŏk Pavilion" is the story of a scholar's encounter and poetic exchange with a Daoist immortal. "Southern Continent Yŏmbu" and "A Banquet in the Dragon Palace" are tales about dream journeys to nether- or otherwordly realms during which the literati protagonists meet divine beings and demonstrate their brilliance in learning and literary writing."--taken from Translator's Introduction, page 3