Paeksa S Nsaeng Pukch N Illok Master Paeksa S Record Of Banishment To The North

by Ch Ong Sin Ch Ng

$5,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

1686. 47 folding leaves. Woodblock printed. Large 4to 322 x 212 mm. , orig. semi-stiff wrappers a little worn and wormed , old stitching. Korea : 1686 date of Preface . A record of exile and a product of factional strife in Chosŏn Korea. Factionalism plagued the Chosŏn court for much of the dynasty’s existence, including during the reign of the monarch who came to be known simply as Kwanghaegun r. 1608-23 , or Prince Kwanghae. The Westerners,

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