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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 […]
Japanese Manga Publisher Calls For Fans to Upload Out of Print Titles
I came across an interesting announcement in the Japanese papers on a manga publisher asking fans to help them make old out of print titles accessible to the public for free. Here is the article: http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201808020064.html Excerpt: The project, announced Aug. 1 by Ken Akamatsu, 50, and Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha, Ltd., a mid-sized publisher […]
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소현 자정이 지나면 웹소설- 그레이 벤델린 지음 – Sohyeon After Midnight Beginning Korean Reader Version – Segment 7
민하는 소현을 놀라서 봤다. 그녀는 회의적으로 묻었다. “뭐를 너는 알아요? 누구세요?” 진주 옆에 의자에 앉으면서 민하는 잠시 동안 생각이 깊게 소현을 봤다. 소현은 빨리 대답했다. “저는 최소현입니다. 워싱턴 디씨 가까운 에디슨에 나는 가족과 함께 삽니다. 미국을 압니까? 지구라는 행성?” 그녀는 이름을 알아 보인다. 화는 조금 가라앉았다. 민하는 조용히 말했다. “정말? 이 경우에는 늙은 바보는 실제로 […]
소현 자정이 지나면 웹소설- 그레이 벤델린 지음 – Sohyeon After Midnight Beginning Korean Reader Version – Segment 6
소현은 여자의 화난 달콤한 소리를 들었다. “너를 소환하지 않았아요. 너를 가져왔으면 폰돌은 뭐를 생각하고 있었어요?” 여자는 소현보다 키가 더 크지 않았다. 그의눈은 여자의 화로 가득찬 칠흑 같은 눈을 마주쳤다. 그녀의 까마귀의깃털 같이 새까만 머리은 반짝이고 흰 피부와 대조를 이뤘다. 그녀의 긴 담청색 도릭 키톤은 바닥에 펄럭펄럭 닿았다 그리고 신비롭게 오팔색의진주와 같이 키톤은 여자의육감적인 모습을 강조했다. […]
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
