The Pure-Hearted Lady, Ch'un-Hyang Story

By Samuel Kimm

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• Format: Paperback
• ISBN: 8931204809
• ISBN13: 9788931204803
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: II JI Publishing House
• Length: 251 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Effort and Endurance

The Pure-hearted Lady forms part of a trilogy with The Filial Daughter and The Story Of Two Brothers. The theme is a romance between the young lord and the gorgeous, virtuous, learned daughter of a ex-kisaeng. Heroic Mong'ryong studies for years to pass the state exam and secure a administrative post in Seoul. He is later appointed emissary to the provinces where his envoy replaces corrupt measures with fair ones. The appointment fulfills his first allegiance to the country's king. It also secures a future beside Ch'un-hyang. The book is chockfull of wisdom, especially the necessity of effort and endurance to win anything of value. The author tells the Korean national tale of three hundred years ago with beauty and honesty.