Recent Posts: The Sun Rises in the East
Announcing the 13th Annual Silk Screen Asian Film Festival Events
As the Silk Screen Asian Film Festival is only around the corner in a few weeks, some related events have tickets available for purchase now. One event which is only coming up in a few days on September 5th is the Silk Screen Preview Party, which will be held this year at the Millvale Grist […]
2018 Fall-Winter Speaking and Publishing Schedule
I have a lot of new projects in the works, though they are getting me slightly off schedule with my main production schedule, and many events to announce. First up is the Beaver County BookFest on September 8, 2018. https://beavercountybookfest.com/ This event will feature more than 50 writers as well as artists and vendors. See […]
Recent Posts: The Enlightened Rabbit Scholastic Society
소현 자정이 지나면 웹소설- 그레이 벤델린 지음 – Sohyeon After Midnight Beginning Korean Reader Version – Segment 10
폰돌은 바퀴를 잡으면 소현은 벤치에 앉으면서 말했다. “모릅니다,폰돌, 하지만 나는 민하를 다시 보야 하겠습니다.” 배는 해변에서 벗어나고 물을 나눴다. 그때 환경은 흰 안개로 변했다. 갑자기 소현은 오팔색 진주의 빛을 생각했다. 이른저녁에 폰돌은 최의집에 왔을 때 배뒤에 달이나 진주를 소현은 봤니? 폰돌은 걸걸하게 말했다. “그것 마녀를 너는 다시 보야 하겠습니까? 사람들은 그녀가 이상한 힘을 가지다고 합니다. […]
소현 자정이 지나면 웹소설- 그레이 벤델린 지음 – Sohyeon After Midnight Beginning Korean Reader Version – Segment 9
서면서 폰돌은 소년을 향해 손로 따라가려고 흔들었다. 도선업자뒤에 걸으면 소현는 무당에게 긴 시간을 살폈다. 그렇지만 지금 민하의흥미는 이상한 진주에 주력했다. 진주는 반구형 지붕까지 기지개를 켜는 백색광의기둥을 빛났다. 빛은 민하를 감싸고 그녀는 어두운 천사를 같이 보였다. 오늘 밤에 소현은 천국로의 여행했을 걸었다. 배옆에 모래가든 해변에 돌아오면 소현의 몸은 무거운 느끼고 심장은 카부에 머물고 싶었다. 소현은 무의식적으로 […]
Tag Archives: Confucianism
A Scandal Arises When a Wayward Slave Seduces a Young Widow – Martyr’s Country, Part 1
For this year’s first foreign language selection, I have decided on Dowon Park’s Martyr’s Country (박도원의”순교자의 나라”), which is a four volume historical epic from 2007, probably about a thousand pages total. We’ll see how far I can get through … Continue reading
Introducing the New Online Korean Studies Certification Program
As we begin a new year, I have a new project that I’m launching that I hope you’ll find as exciting as I do. I was thinking about my knowledge base and how I can expand my reach with that … Continue reading
A Kisaeng from P’yŏngyang Disrupts a School – Mujŏng (The Heartless), Part 1
For my final series of 2016, I want to cover another East Asian classic, this time Korea’s Mujŏng (The Heartless), a novella written by Kwang-su Yi. Mujŏng was serialized in 1917, and it runs about 270 pages. You can purchase … Continue reading
Taking Up Residence in the Tiger’s Lair – Zhao the Orphan, Part 2
This time in the Literati Corner, I’ll finish my review of Ji Junxiang’s Zhao the Orphan (纪君祥(元)的中国古代悲劇故事-赵氐孤儿) and cover the last four chapters. Cheng Ying tries to decide how he should proceed with his plot to save Zhao the Orphan … Continue reading
The Depraved Duke and the Virtuous Minister – Zhao the Orphan, Part 1
This time in the Literati Corner, I will be doing a short series on the well-known classical Chinese tragedy by Ji Junxiang, Zhao the Orphan (纪君祥(元)的中国古代悲劇故事-赵氐孤儿). I will be looking at this bilingual Chinese-English adaptation by Jianping Wang and Yutang … Continue reading
Book Burning and Exam Hell – The Scholars, Part 2
Starting in chapter two, The Scholars is set in the Ming Dynasty, specifically in the reign of Emperor Chenghua (1447-1487). This is over 100 years later than Mian Wang in chapter one. Even though Jingzi Wu was using the Ming … Continue reading
Book Burning and the Ideal Scholar – The Scholars, Part 1
Our next reading selection is the Rulin Waishi (儒林外史), or The Scholars, by Jingzi Wu (1701-1754). Written in 1750 during Qing Dynasty rule, the author sets it in the Ming Dynasty in order to critique his own social milieu without … Continue reading
Hangjung Mallok – Part 5: The Memoir of 1805
The fourth and final memoir of Lady Hyegyǒng was written in 1805 and details the tragic decline and death of her husband, Prince Sado. She wrote it for her grandson Sunjo mainly because she was the last witness to the … Continue reading
Hangjung Mallok – Part 4: The Memoir of 1802
The third memoir of Lady Hyegyǒng was written in 1802 and was addressed to her grandson King Sunjo in the hopes that Sunjo would fulfill her late son Jǒngjo’s wish that she and Sado be honored as his true parents. … Continue reading
Hangjung Mallok – Part 3: The Memoir of 1801
The second memoir of Lady Hyegyǒng was written primarily to protest the execution of her uncle Inhan Hong, who was accused of opposing Jǒngjo’s regency in 1776, and the execution of her brother Nagim Hong, who was accused of being … Continue reading
