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Social conditions, Social life and customs, Games, History, Korea, Social History, Asia - Korea, History - General HistoryPlaces
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Korea's pastimes and customs: a social history
2006, Homa Sekey Books, Homa & Sekey Books
in English
- 1st American ed.
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Korea's Pastimes and Customs: A Social History
November 25, 2005, Homa & Sekey Books
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in English
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Book Details
Table of Contents
Part I: Pastimes
A good baduk player was welcome everywhere
Gambling: the ruin of families
Pastimes for boys
Pastimes for girls
Open-air pastimes for girls
Pastimes for both sexes
Men's pastimes for discipline and martial prowess
Part II: Customs
Importance of clan affiliation
The life of won gyeongha, a yangaban (a man of high birth)
Seasonal customs
Farmers? co-ops (dure) bring peasants together
Banning luxury goods? the road to a strong, prosperous nation
Part III: Insatiable curiosity about the future
Predicting the future according to the secrets of tojeong (tojeong bigyeol)
Forewarned is forearmed
Peace of mind comes from abstinence
Four pillars (saju) and physiognomy.
Edition Notes
Includes index.
Partial translation of Lee E-Wha's History of Korea, Vol. 14.
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