Cheyangnok 制養錄 Guide to Self-Discipline and Cultivation

by Sang-jŏng 李象靖 Yi

$7,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

First edition

49 folding leaves. Two kwŏn in one vol. Small folio 323 x 215 mm. , orig. patterned yellow-brown wrappers, new stitching. Korea : Preface dated 1741. First edition of this rare late-Chosŏn Confucian manual on ethical cultivation and daily conduct, by Yi Sang-jŏng 1710-81 , a scholar and government official known for his moral integrity, learning, and devotion to Confucian principles in state administration. He held a number of important posts

• Binding: Wrappers

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