Sources of Korean Tradition: From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Centuries

by Peter H. Lee, William Theodore de Bary, Wm. Theodore de Bary

Book Overview

Modeled after the classic Sources of Chinese Tradition, Sources of Japanese Tradition, and Sources of Indian Tradition, this collection of seminal primary readings in the social, intellectual, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231120303
• ISBN13: 9780231120302
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.7" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

Nice collection of primary sources in English

This is a nice book to get for anyone serious about studying early Korean History (pre-Yi dynasty). It gives you a taste of the Samguk Sagi, Samguk Yusa, The Chronicles of Koryo as well as early Wei China accounts and the controversial inscription on King Kwanggetto's Monolith. From these documents, you can learn, quite literally from the horse's mouth, the struggle of the Three Kingdoms against each other, the struggle of the later Three Kingdoms and the thought and philosophy of the people at that time. Please bear in mind, these are excerpts, not full texts of the primary sources. These only give you a taste and flavor of the full texts.