Glossary
Romanization here and throughout this book represents Korean pronunciation unless marked as Chinese (Ch) or Japanese (J). In passages with mixed languages, (K) distinguishes Korean terms. In the list below, terms without glosses are personal or place names.
Akhak Kwebŏm 樂學軌範 Standard Course in the Studies of Music
An Chŏngbok 安鼎福
An Pangjun 安邦俊
An Suuk 安守旭
Andong 安東
bagua (Ch) 八卦 Eight Trigrams
ch’a 劄 entreaties
Ch’ae Chegong 蔡濟恭
Ch’ae Hongwŏn 蔡弘遠
ch’aja 劄子 official entreaties
ch’al (K) / zha (Ch) 札 wooden tablets
chamun 咨文 letters of inquiry
Chang Hŭnghyo 張興孝
changgye 狀啓 official missives
Ch’anggyŏng Palace 昌慶宮
Changsha Zidanku Chu Boshu (Ch) 長沙子彈庫楚帛書 The Chu Silk Manuscript from Zidanku, Changsha
changŭi 掌議 head scholar
chapchŏ 雜著 miscellany section
Chasŏngnok 自省錄 Record for Self-Reflection
Chaŭi taebi 慈懿大妃 Queen Dowager Chaŭi
Cheju 濟州島 Cheju Island
Chen Xianzhang (Ch) 陳獻章
Cheng Yi (Ch) 程頤
cheso 製疏 drafter of the memorial
chet’ong 製通 drafters of circular letters
Chi Unyŏng 池運永
chibu sangso 持斧上疏 presenting memorials with an ax
ch’ik 勅 imperial rescripts
Ch’ilchŏng 七情 Seven Emotions
Chingbo ŏn’gandok 增補諺簡讀 The Augmented and Supplemented Reading of Vernacular Letters
chinŏn 眞言 mantras
chinsa 進士 literary licentiate
chirashi gaki (J) 散らし書き scattered writing
ch’it’ong 馳通 circulars
cho 詔 instructive writs
Cho Hanbo 曺漢輔
Cho Hŏn 趙憲
Cho Ik 趙翼
Cho Kwangjo 趙光祖
Cho Mok 趙穆
Cho Sik 曺植
chobo 朝報 court newsletters
Ch’oe Ch’iwŏn 崔致遠
Ch’oe Ikhyŏn 崔益鉉
Ch’oe Malli 崔萬理
Ch’oe Sejin 崔世珍
ch’ogi 草記 draft report
Chŏlchak t’ongp’yŏn 節酌通編 The Comprehensive Compilation of “The Abbreviated Essence of Master Zhu Xi’s Letters” and “The Deliberation on Selected Writings of Zhu Xi”
Chŏlchak t’ongp’yŏn poyu 節酌通編補遺 The Comprehensive Compilation with Supplementation of Omissions
Chŏlla 全羅 Chŏlla province
ch’ŏlli 天理 Heavenly principle
chŏllyŏng 傳令 order dispatches
ch’ŏmch’al 僉察 together, read
ch’ŏmsŏ 僉書 together, write
chŏn 箋 brief (diplomatic) missives
chŏng 情 human emotions and/or sentiments
Chŏng Chiun 鄭之雲
Chŏng Ch’ŏl 鄭澈
Chŏng Hon 鄭焜
Chŏng Hyŏktong 鄭赫東
Chŏng Inhong 鄭仁弘
Chŏng Ku 鄭逑
Chŏng Kyŏngse 鄭經世
Chŏng Mongju 鄭夢周
Chŏng Sihan 丁時翰
Chŏng T’aehwa 鄭太和
Chŏng T’ak 鄭擢
Chŏng T’ak 鄭琢
Chŏng Tojŏn 鄭道傳
Chŏng Yagyong 鄭若鏞
Chŏng Yŏch’ang 鄭汝昌
Chŏng Yuil 鄭唯一
chongdang chŏlmok 宗堂節目 items agreed upon among clan members
Ch’ŏngdo 淸道
chŏn’gisu 傳奇叟 professional performers of vernacular Korean novels
Chŏngjo 正祖 King Chŏngjo
Chŏngju 定州
Ch’ŏn’gok Sŏwŏn 川谷書院 Ch’ŏn’gok Academy
chŏngsa 呈辭 requests of retirement
Chŏngsan 定山
chŏnin 專人 professional messengers for hire
chŏnjok 專足 professional messengers for hire
chonjuron 尊周論 discourse on respect for the Zhou tradition
chŏnmun 箋文 brief reports
Ch’ŏnmyŏng (K) / Tianming (Ch) 天命 Mandate of Heaven
chŏnp’aeng 專伻 professional messengers for hire
chŏnp’yŏn 轉便 a relay of ad hoc messengers
ch’ŏnsa 倩寫 written by proxy
Chŏnsŭmnok nonbyŏn 傳習錄論辯 Discussion and Critique on “The Record for Transmitting Learning”
chŏnŭi 傳疑 transmitting questions [to posterity]
ch’ŏp 牒 reports
ch’ŏpchŏng 牒呈 official reports
ch’osa 招辭 statements of sellers and witnesses
Chosŏn 朝鮮 Chosŏn dynasty
Chōya shinbun (J) 朝野新聞 Gazette of the Government and the Public
Chu (Ch) 楚 Chu kingdom
Chu Sebung 周世鵬
Chuja chŏnso 朱子全書 The Complete Collection of Master Zhu Xi’s Writings
Chuja haengjang 朱子行狀 The Record of Master Zhu Xi’s Conduct
Chuja taejŏn 朱子大全 The Great Compendium of Master Zhu Xi’s Writings
Chuja taejŏn ch’aŭi 朱子大全箚疑 The Record of Questions about “The Great Compendium of Master Zhu Xi’s Writings”
Chuja taejŏn sŭbyu 朱子大全拾遺 The Collection of Omissions from “The Great Compendium of Master Zhu Xi’s Writings”
Chujasŏ chŏryo 朱子書節要 The Abbreviated Essence of Master Zhu Xi’s Letters
chŭkchŏn 即傳 sending replies via the messengers on their way back
chŭksŏn 即旋 sending replies via the messengers on their way back
Chumun chakhae 朱文酌海 The Deliberation on Selected Writings of Zhu Xi
Chŭngbo ŏn’gandok 增補諺簡讀 The Augmented and Supplemented Reading of Vernacular Letters
Ch’ungch’ŏng 忠淸 Ch’ungch’ŏng province
chungin 中人 secondary status group
Chungjong 中宗 King Chungjong
chŭngnap 即納 sending replies via the messengers on their way back
Ch’unhyang chŏn 春香傳 The Tale of Ch’unhyang
Ch’unwŏn sŏgan munbŏm 春園書簡文範 Yi Kwangsu’s Model Letters
Chusŏ chŏryo kangnok 朱書節要講錄 The Record of Lectures on “The Abbreviated Essence of Zhu Xi’s Letters”
Chusŏ chŏryo kiŭi 朱書節要記疑 The Record of Questions on “The Abbreviated Essence of Zhu Xi’s Letters”
Chusŏ kangnok kanbo 朱書講錄刊補 The Correction and Supplement of “The Record of Lectures on the ‘Abbreviated Essence of Zhu Xi’s Letters’ ”
Chusŏ paeksŏn 朱書百選 One Hundred Selected Letters of Zhu Xi
Chusŏ yoryu 朱書要類 The Categorized Essence of Zhu Xi’s Letters
ci (Ch) 詞 lyric poetry
Da Yu (Ch) 大禹 Yu the Great
Daozang (Ch) 道藏 Daoist Canon
Du Fu (Ch) 杜甫
fu (Ch) 賦 rhymed prose
Haeju 海州
haengjang 行狀 record of conduct
Hamch’ang 咸昌
han (K) / han (Ch) 翰 brush
Han (Ch) 漢 Han Dynasty
Hanhwŏn ch’arok 寒喧劄錄 Brief Records of Letters of Regards
Hansŏng sunbo 漢城旬報 Hansŏng Gazette
Hapch’ŏn 陜川
Hetu (Ch) 河圖 The Yellow River Chart
Heian (J) 平安 Heian period
Hŏ Kyun 許筠
Hŏ Mok 許穆
Hoeamsŏ chŏryo 晦庵書節要 The Abbreviated Essence of Hoeam (Zhu Xi)’s Letters
Hoeamsŏ ch’waryo 晦庵書撮要 The Collected Essence of Hoeam (Zhu Xi)’s Letters
hoet’ong 回通 circulars
Holgi 忽記 The Record of Ceremonies
Hong Ch’ŏyun 洪處尹
Hong Chuwŏn 洪柱元
Hong Kiltong chŏn 洪吉童傳 The Tale of Hong Kiltong
Hong Myŏngha 洪命夏
Hong Ponghan 洪鳳漢
Honghwa Gate 弘化門
Hongwu (Ch) 洪武 Emperor Hongwu
Hubei (Ch) 湖北 Hubei province
Hunmin chŏngŭm 訓民正音 Correct Sound to Instruct People
Husa yujip 候謝類輯 The Classified Collection of Letters of Regards and Thank-You Notes
hwairon 華夷論 discourse on the difference between the civilized and barbarians
Hwang Chaesu 黃再叟
Hwang Chini 黃眞伊
Hwang Chunnyang 黃俊良
Hwangsŏng sinmun 皇城新聞 Capital Gazette
hwanhyang 還鄕 to protest by withdrawing to hometowns
hyangch’al 鄕札 local letters
hyangga 鄕歌 Sillan folk songs
Hyanghyŏnsa 鄕賢祠 Shrine for Local Worthies
hyangsarye 鄕射禮 local shooting ceremonies
hyangŭmjurye 鄕飮酒禮 local drinking ceremonies
hyangyak 鄕約 community compacts
hyobinch’e 效嚬體 “scowling style” calligraphy
Hyojong 孝宗 King Hyojong
Hyŏnjong 顯宗 King Hyŏnjong
i 理 principles
Ich’ŏn 伊川
idu 吏讀 clerk’s readings
Ihak t’ongnok 理學通錄 The Comprehensive Record of the Study of Principle
Ijasŏ chŏryo 李子書節要 The Abbreviated Essence of Master Yi [T’oegye]’s Letters
ikki (J) 一揆 popular uprisings
Im Tam 林墰
Im Yŏng 林泳
Imgo Sŏwŏn 臨臯書院 Imgo Academy
Imjin 壬辰
Injo 仁祖 King Injo
Injong 仁宗 King Injong
inp’yŏn 人便 ad hoc messengers
Insŏn wanghu 仁宣王后 Queen Insŏn
iryong chi kan 日用之間 in the middle of their daily practices
Jingbao (Ch) 京報 Capital Gazette
Jinling (Ch) 金陵
Jiugong (Ch) 九宮 Nine Palaces
Jujia Biyong Shilei Quanji (Ch) 居家必用事類全集 The Collection of Necessary Matters Ordered for the Householder
ka 歌 to sing
kaksŏ 各書 writing letters separately to each addressee
kamgyŏl 甘結 casual orders
kan (K), jian (Ch) 簡 bamboo strips
Kandok chŏngyo 簡牘精要 The Essence of Letter Writing
Kandok hoesu 簡牘會粹 Learning the Essence of Letter Writing
Kan’gyŏng Togam 刊經都監 Bureau of Printing Buddhist Sutras
Kansik yup’yŏn 簡式類編 The Categorized Collection of Letter Forms
Kapsin 甲申
karakasa renbanjō (J) 傘連判狀 umbrella letters
kasa 歌辭 kasa verses
ki 氣 material forces
Ki Hyojŭng 奇孝曾
Ki Taesŭng 奇大升
kibyŏl sŏri 奇別胥吏 clerks transcribing court newsletters
kiin 其人 Koryŏ elites who were held in the capital as hostages
Kim Ch’anghyŏp 金昌協
Kim Chinu 金晉佑
Kim Ch’isŏn 金致先
Kim Chŏng 金淨
Kim Chongjik 金宗直
Kim Chungch’ŏng 金中淸
Kim Chun’gŭn 金俊根
Kim Ch’wiryŏ 金就礪
Kim Handong 金翰東
Kim Han’gi 金漢起
Kim Hongdo 金弘道
Kim Inhu 金麟厚
Kim Koengp’il 金宏弼
Kim Kyegwang 金啓光
Kim Okkyun 金玉均
Kim Pongjo 金奉祖
Kim Pup’il 金富弼
Kim Puryun 金富倫
Kim Sanghŏn 金尙憲
Kim Sŏngil 金誠一
Kim Suhang 金壽恒
Kim Suhŭng 金壽興
Kim Sujŭng 金壽增
Kim Tongp’il 金東弼
Kim Ugoeng 金宇宏
Kim Uong 金宇顒
Kim Yung 金隆
Kim Yusin 金臾信
Ko Towŏn [Go Dowon] 고도원 (1952−)
Kojong 高宗 King Kojong
komok 告目 short reports
konggio 恐記誤 the record might be wrong
kongjae 空齋 to protest by withdrawing from the dorms
kongmian 恐未安 [the argument] might not be stable
kongmiyŏn 恐未然 could not be true
kongnon 公論 public and impartial opinions
kongsagodan 恐似孤單 [the argument] might be [supported] only [by] him
kongt’aesim 恐太深 [the argument] might be too far-fetched
Koryŏ 高麗 Koryŏ dynasty
Kosan kugokka 高山九曲歌 Nine Songs about the High Mountain
kosim nosa 苦心勞思 straining one’s mind and laboring one’s thought
kugyŏl 口訣 vocal particles
kuksŏ 國書 state letters
Kŭm Nansu 琴蘭秀
Kŭm Ŭnghun 琴應壎
Kŭmjŏng 金井
Kŭmsan 錦山
kungch’e 宮體 palace-style calligraphy
Kŭnsarok 近思錄 Reflections on Things at Hand
kŭnsil 謹悉 preliminary reviews of memorials
Kwak Chu 郭澍
Kwanghae 光海君 Prince Kwanghae
kwanmun 關文 orders to outposts; government decision documents
Kwŏn Kŭn 權近
Kwŏn Sangha 權尙夏
Kwŏn Sangil 權相一
kwŏndang 捲堂 to protest by refusing to sign the dining hall roster
kwŏnsŏ puin 勸書婦人 Bible women
kyohwa 教化 moral edification
kyŏmin 傔人 private servants
kyŏngjaeso 京在所 local literati’s liaison offices in the capital
Kyŏngju 慶州
kyŏngjung sikcha yusik chi in 京中識字游食之人 those who are literate but idling away in the capital
kyŏngmun 檄文 open letters
Kyŏngsang 慶尙 Kyŏngsang province
Kyosŏgwan 校書館 Office of Editorial Review
kyubang kasa 閨房歌辭 kasa verses from the inner chambers
kyuhon 叫閽 sit-ins outside the royal palace
Li Hongzhang (Ch) 李鴻章
Luoshu (Ch) 洛書 The Luo River Script
maemae mun’gi 賣買文記 proof of transactions
mang mi kaksŏ 忙未各書 too busy to write letters to each addressee
Mangch’ang 望昌
maninso 萬人疏 a memorial signed by ten thousand people
manyŏ changp’o chi ron, chŭk kugin chi ron 萬餘章甫之論,即國人之論 “The opinion of the ten thousand scholars amounts to that of the whole nation”
mi (Ch) 米 rice
Migang Sŏwŏn 嵋江書院 Migang Academy
Ming (Ch) 明 Ming dynasty
Miryang Pak-ssi 密陽朴氏 Madam Pak from Mirayng Pak clan
mugŭk 無極 without ultimate
Muja 戊子
Munjong 文宗 King Munjong
Munjŏng 文貞 honorific title conferred upon Cho Sik posthumously
Munjŏng wanghu 文定王后 Queen Dowager Munjŏng
munkwa 文科 highest level of the civil service examination
Munmyo 文廟 Royal Confucian Shrine
Muyŏl wang 武烈王 King Muyŏl
myoch’imje 廟寢制 protocols for placing ancestral tablets in shrines
Myŏngjong 明宗 King Myŏngjong
Myŏnsŏ hwisik 俛書彙式 Word Forms to Write Good Letters
Na Sin’gŏl 羅臣傑
Naju 羅州
Naksŏ Hwanggŭk Kungsu Kwaewi Naewae Chi To 洛書皇極宮數卦位內外之圖 Inner and Outer Diagrams of the August Ultimate, [Nine] Palaces, and the Positions of Trigrams in “Luoshu”
Namin 南人 Namin faction
No Indo 盧仁度
No Kyŏngnin 盧慶麟
No Susin 盧守愼
nobae 奴輩 a group of slaves
nobian 奴婢案 slave roster
Nongsa chiksŏl 農事直說 Straightforward Explanation of Agriculture
Noron 老論 Noron faction
Nup’an’go 鏤板考 Surveys on Publications
nyang 兩 monetary unit during the Chosŏn dynasty
Ŏanjip 魚雁集 Collected Letters
Ohyŏn 五賢 Five Confucian Worthies
Oksan Sŏwŏn 玉山書院 Oksan Academy
Ŏnch’al kyusik 諺札規式 The Rules and Forms of Vernacular Korean Letters
Ŏn’gandok 諺簡讀 The Reading of Vernacular Letters
Ŏn’gan p’ilpŏp 諺簡筆法 How to Write Vernacular Korean Letters
Ongnam 玉男
onnade (J) 女手 feminine hand
ōraimono (J) 往來物 elementary textbooks taking the form of exchanged letters in Edo period
Ou Su Shoujian (Ch) 歐蘇手簡 The Collected Letters by Ouyang Xiu and Su Shi
Ouyang Xiu (Ch) 歐陽修
Pae Samik 裵三益
Pae Tŏgŏn 裵德彦
Paegundong Sŏwŏn 白雲洞書院 Paegundong Academy
p’aeji 牌旨 procuratorial letters
Paekch’ŏn Cho-ssi 白川趙氏 Madam Cho from Paekch’ŏn Cho clan
Paeksasi kyobyŏn 白沙詩敎辨 Instructive Critique of Chen Xianzhang’s Poems
p’aengin 伻人 professional messengers for hire
paesa 拜辭 to protest by retreating to the village adjacent to the Royal Academy after paying homage to the Confucian Shrine
paeso 陪疏 dispatchers of memorials to the throne
Pak Kŏn’gap 朴乾甲
Pak Kwangjŏn 朴光前
Pak Sech’ae 朴世采
palt’ong 發通 dispatchers of circular letters
panggakpon 坊刻本 commercial printing
Pangmun’guk 博文局 Bureau for the Dissemination of Texts
pokhap 伏閤 sit-ins outside the royal palace
pŏsŏnpon 버선본 sock patterns
Pou 普雨
Pugin 北人 Pugin faction
puhwang 付黃 posting criminals’ names on a piece of yellow paper in a street parade to defame them
pukpŏllon 北伐論 discourse on the northern expedition
p’yo 表 formal diplomatic missives
pyŏlchi 別紙 papers enclosed with letters
Pyŏn Hyŏp 邊協
pyŏng mi kaksŏ 病未各書 could not write letters to each addressee due to sickness
p’yŏnggwŏl 平闕 blank spaces within texts, which functioned as reverence marks
Pyŏngsan Sŏwŏn 屏山書院 Pyŏngsan Academy
Pyŏngsul 丙戌
P’yŏngyang 平壤
Qin (Ch) 秦 Qin dynasty
Qing (Ch) 清 Qing dynasty
rishu (Ch) 日書 day books
Ryu Ijwa 柳台佐
Ryūkyū (J) 琉球 Ryūkyū kingdom
sabal 沙鉢 bowl
Sach’il pyŏnjŭng 四七辨證 Verifications and Proofs on the Four-Seven Debate
Sach’il sinp’yŏn 四七新編 The New Edition of the Four-Seven Debate
sadae 事大 respect for superiors
Sadan 四端 Four Beginnings
Sado 思悼 Prince Sado
saengwŏn 生員 classics licentiate
sahwa 士禍 literati purges
Sahyŏn 四賢 Four Worthies
sajŏng 私情 private and biased emotion
sallok 散錄 scattered records
Samgang haengsilto 三綱行實圖 The Illustrated Guide to the Three Relationships
Samgye Sŏwŏn 三溪書院 Samgye Academy
Sangbok kojŭng 喪服考證 The Evidential Research on the Mourning Garments
Sangju 尙州
sangso 上疏 memorials
sarim 士林 backwoods scholars
sasŏl sijo 辭說時調 narrative sijo poems
sat’ong 寫通 copiers of circular letters
Sejo 世祖 King Sejo
Sejong 世宗 King Sejong
Shandong (Ch) 山東 Shandong province
Shangshu (Ch) 尚書 The Book of History
shesi zhuantie (Ch) 社司轉帖 she association circulars
Shijing (Ch) 詩經 The Book of Poetry
shitu (Ch) 式圖 diagram of the cosmic model
shushu (Ch) 數術 numerals and skills
Shuyi (Ch) 書儀 The Etiquette of Letter Writing
sijo 時調 sijo poems
Silla 新羅 Silla kingdom
sim 心 mind-and-heart
Sim Hwanji 沈煥之
Sim Tan 沈檀
Sima Guang (Ch) 司馬光
Sin Sŏkhyŏng 申碩亨
Sinch’ang Maeng-ssi 新昌孟氏 Madam Maeng from Sinch’ang Maeng clan
Sinmyo 辛卯
so (K) / su (Ch) 素 silk
sŏ (K) / shu (Ch) 書 to write, the act of writing, writing
Sŏ Myŏngbin 徐命彬
Sŏ P’irwŏn 徐必遠
Sŏ Yugu 徐有榘
Sŏak chi 西岳誌 The Record of Sŏak Academy
Sŏak Sŏwŏn 西岳書院 Sŏak Academy
soch’ŏng 疏廳 headquarters for the production of joint memorials by rural scholars
sodegaki (J) 袖書き sleeve writing
Sŏhaeng ilgi 西行日記 The Daily Record of the Journey to Seoul
Sohak (K) / Xiaoxue (Ch) 小學 Elementary Learning
Sŏin 西人 Sŏin faction
soji 所志 petition
Sojunghwa 小中華 Little Middle Kingdom
Soktam 石潭 Stone Pond
Sŏl Ch’ong 薛聰
Sŏn (K) / Chan (Ch) / Zen (J) 禪 Zen Buddhism
Song (Ch) 宋 Song dynasty
sŏng 性 human nature
Song Chun’gil 宋浚吉
Sŏng Hon 成渾
Sŏng Hyŏn 成俔
Song Kyuryŏm 宋奎濂
Song Myŏnghŭm 宋明欽
Sŏng Ŏnjip 成彦楫
Song Pyŏngp’il 宋秉弼
Song Sihyŏng 宋時瑩
Song Siyŏl 宋時烈
Sŏngbulto 成佛圖 Diagram of Achieving Buddhahood
Sŏnggyun’gwan 成均館 Royal Academy
Sŏngjong 成宗 King Sŏngjong
Sŏngju 星州
Sŏnjo 宣祖 King Sŏnjo
sŏŏl 庶孽 secondary sons
Sosu Sŏwŏn 紹修書院 Sosu Academy
Sŏwŏn ch’anggŏn yŏnjo 書院創建年條 The List of Years of the Establishment of Academies
sŏwŏn wanŭi 書院完議 agreement of academy scholars
Su Shi (Ch) 蘇軾
Subi Mountain 首比山
sujŏn yusa 收錢有司 money collectors
Sukchong 肅宗 King Sukchong
Sŭnggyŏngdo 陞卿圖 Diagram of Promotion in Official Positions
Sŭngjŏngwŏn ilgi 承政院日記 Daily Record of the Office of the Royal Secretariat
Sŭngnamdo 勝覽圖 Diagram of Scenic Spots
Sunjong 純宗 King Sunjong
Taebang ch’ogandok 大方草簡牘 Great Way for Reading Manuscript Letters
t’aegŭk 太極 supreme ultimate
Taehan maeil sinbo 大韓每日申報 Korean Daily News
T’aejo 太祖 King T’aejo
T’aejong 太宗 King T’aejong
taesasŏng 大司成 headmaster of the Royal Academy
Tang (Ch) 唐 Tang dynasty
tangsangji 當詳之 needs to be substantiated
T’oegye sŏnsaeng sŏ chŏryo 退溪先生書節要 The Abbreviated Essence of Master T’oegye’s Letters
T’oegye Yi Hwang 退溪 李滉
T’oesŏ yuch’an 退書類纂 The Classified Collection of T’oegye’s Letters
tok (K) / du (Ch) 牘 wooden panels
Tokugawa (J) 德川 Tokugawa period
Tōkyō nichinichi shinbun (J) 東京日日新聞 Tokyo Daily
Tonam Sŏwŏn 道南書院 Tonam Academy
Tongdaemun 東大門 Eastern Great Gate
Tongguk chŏngun 東國正韻 The Correct Phonology of the Eastern Country
Tonghak 東學 Eastern Learning
Tongin yesik 東人例式 The Examples and Formats for Korean People
tongjisa 同知事 assistant director of the Royal Academy
t’ongmun 通文 circular letters
T’ongmun so ch’o 通文疏抄 Drafts of Circular Letters and Memorials
Tongnip sinmun 독립신문 the Independent
Tongsa chi hak 東士之學 The Scholarship of the Eastern Scholars
t’ongyu 通諭 directive notes
Tosan sasungnok 陶山私淑錄 The Record for Modeling after T’oegye
Tosan sibigok 陶山十二曲 Twelve Pieces of Sijo Poems on Tosan
Tosan Sŏwŏn 陶山書院 Tosan Academy
Tosan Sŏwŏn sajŏk 陶山書院事蹟 The Traces of Events in Tosan Academy
Tumop’o 豆毛浦 Tumo ferry point
tŭngch’ŏl 登徹 to present the summary of joint memorials for royal review
tuwen bing paiwen (Ch) 圖文並排文 picture-texts-cum-arranged-texts
U T’ak 禹倬
ŭi 義 righteousness
Ŭirye t’onghae 儀禮通解 The Comprehensive Explanation on “Ceremonies and Rituals”
ŭiryesin 議禮臣 the official who discussed the ritual
Ŭllyu 乙酉
Ŭmsik timibang 음식디미방 How to Know the Taste of Foods
Un’gok 雲谷
Wang Kŏn 王建
Wang Xianzhi (Ch) 王獻之
Wang Xizhi (Ch) 王羲之
Wang Yangming (Ch) 王陽明
Wanwu (Ch) 萬物 Ten Thousand Things
Wenxuan (Ch) 文選 Selections of Refined Literature
Wŏlsŏng 月城
Wuxing (Ch) 五行 Five Elements
Xia (Ch) 夏 Xia dynasty
Xie An (Ch) 謝安
Xingli daquan (Ch) 性理大全 The Great Compendium of Nature and Principle
xiu (Ch) 宿 stellar lodges
Xuanjitu (Ch) 璇璣圖 The Picture of the Turning Sphere
Yang Sŏnsaeng Sach’il Igi Wangboksŏ 兩先生四七理氣往復書 The Letters Exchanged between Two Masters on the Four-Seven and i-ki
Yang Sŏnsaeng Wangboksŏ 兩先生往復書 The Letters Exchanged between Two Masters
Yangnyŏng 讓寧大君 Grand Prince Yangnyŏng
Yangsan 梁山
Yean 禮安
Yech’ŏn 醴泉
Yi Ando 李安道
Yi Chae 李栽
Yi Chehyŏn 李齊賢
Yi Chŏn 李㙉
Yi Chŏng 李楨
Yi Chono 李存吾
Yi Chonyŏn 李兆年
Yi Chun 李埈
Yi Hamhyŏng 李咸亨
Yi Hang 李恒
Yi Hwiil 李徽逸
Yi Hyŏnil 李玄逸
Yi Ich’ŏm 李爾瞻
Yi Ik 李瀷
Yi Inbok 李仁復
Yi Ku 李榘
Yi Kwangjwa 李光佐
Yi Kwangsu 李光洙
Yi Ŏnjŏk 李彦迪
Yi Saek 李穡
Yi Sangjŏng 李象靖
Yi Sik 李植
Yi Simyŏng 李時明
Yi Sisu 李蓍秀
Yi Sŏnggye 李成桂
Yi Tansang 李端相
Yi Tŏkhong 李德弘
Yi Tŏkhyŏng 李德馨
Yi U 李㙖
Yi Ŭngt’ae 李應台
Yijing (Ch) 易經 The Book of Changes
yin yang (Ch) 陰陽 yin and yang
yŏng 詠 to recite
Yŏngbong Sŏwŏn 迎鳳書院 Yŏngbong Academy
Yŏngch’ŏn 永川
Yonggung 龍宮
Yŏnghae 寧海
Yongjae ch’onghwa 慵齋叢話 Stories Collected by Sŏng Hyŏn
Yŏngjo 英祖 King Yŏngjo
Yongle daquan (Ch) 永樂大全 The Great Compendium of Emperor Yongle
Yŏngnam 嶺南 Yŏngnam area
Yŏngnam yusaeng ch’ŏng poksŏl sawŏn sangso 嶺南儒生請復設詞院上疏 The Memorial by Yŏngnam Scholars to Call for Restoration of Academies
Yongsan Sŏwŏn 龍山書院 Yongsan Academy
Yŏnsan 燕山君 Prince Yŏnsan
Yu Chik 柳稷
Yu Chungnyŏng 柳仲郢
Yu Hujo 柳厚祚
Yu Sech’ŏl 柳世哲
Yu Simch’un 柳尋春
Yu Sŏngnyong 柳成龍
Yu Unnyong 柳雲龍
Yuan (Ch) 元 Yuan dynasty
yuja 儒者 Confucians
Yulgok Yi I 栗谷 李珥
Yulgok chŏnsŏ 栗谷全書 The Complete Writings of Yulgok
Yun Hyu 尹鑴
Yun Sŏndo 尹善道
Yun Sun 尹淳
Yun Tonggyu 尹東奎
Yun Tusu 尹斗壽
Yunhui (Ch) 韻會 Mastering Phonology
yuso chi kurye 儒疏之舊例 old examples of scholars’ memorials
Zhang Ji (Ch) 張籍
Zhou (Ch) 周 Zhou dynasty
Zhoujiatai (Ch) 周家臺
Zhu Xi (Ch) 朱熹