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Record Nr.

UNINA9910792146403321

Autore

Oh Young Kyun

Titolo

Engraving virtue [[electronic resource] ] : the printing history of a premodern Korean moral primer / / by Young Kyun Oh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2013

ISBN

90-04-25196-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (309 p.)

Collana

Brill's Korean studies library, , 1876-7079 ; ; v. 3

Disciplina

170.9519

Soggetti

Wood-engraving - Printing - Korea - History

Primers (Prayer books) - Korea - History

Confucian ethics - Korea - History

Korea History Chosŏn dynasty, 1392-1910

Korea Social conditions 1392-1910

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prelude to a Confucian State : Literati, Morality, and Books -- The Conception of the Samgang haengsil-to -- Vernacular Sounds and the Reduced Edition -- The Sequels : Here and Now in the Choson.

Sommario/riassunto

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 Chosŏn (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 Chosŏn 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 With careful examinations of its various editions and historical documents, Oh presents how the life of this book reflected the complicated factors of the Chosŏn society and how it became more than just a reading material.