ISBN:
9781931907385
,
1931907382
Language:
English
Pages:
X, 264 S.
,
Ill.
,
23 cm
Edition:
1. American ed.
DDC:
390.095190903
Keywords:
Games History
;
Games Korea
;
History
;
Korea Social life and customs
;
Korea Social conditions
;
Korea
;
Freizeit
;
Geschichte
;
Spiel
;
Tradition
;
Sitte
Abstract:
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.
Note:
Partial translation of Lee E-Wha's History of Korea, Vol. 14
,
Includes index - Partial translation of Lee E-Wha's History of Korea, Vol. 14
,
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
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0515/2005019691.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0515/2005019691.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0515/2005019691.html
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