Premodern Korean Literary Prose: An Anthology (Paperback)

Acknowledgments
Contributor Abbreviations
Conventions for Names, Terms, and Titles
Chronology
Editors’ Introduction
Part I: Pre-Kory? and Kory? Period Prose
1. Pre-Kory? Prose and Fiction
1.1. Anonymous, Tales of the Bizarre (殊異傳Sui-j?n), Michael Pettid
1.2 “Passion Surrounding the Pagoda” (心火繞塔Simhwa yo t’ap), Michael Pettid
1.3. “Beauties in a Bamboo Tube” (竹筒美女Chuktong miny?), Michael Pettid
1.4. “An Old Man Becomes a Dog” (老翁化狗Noong hwa ku), Michael Pettid
2. Kory? Period Prose Works
2.1. Im Ch’un, “The Tale of Mister Cash” (孔方傳Kongbang-j?n), Sem Vermeersch
2.2. Yi Kyubo, “The Tale of Master Malt” (麴先生傳Kuk S?nsaeng-j?n), Michael Pettid
2.3. Yi Kyubo, “Of Boats and Bribes” (舟賂說Churoe-s?l), Michael Pettid and Marshall R. Pihl
2.4. Ch’oe Cha, “Kim Kaein” (金盖仁), Michael Pettid
2.5. Ch’oe Hae, “The Tale of the Hermit of Mount Lion” (猊山隱者傳Yesan ?nja-j?n), Michael Pettid
2.6. Yi Saek, “The Tale of Mr. Pak” (朴氏傳 Pak-ssi-j?n), Michael Pettid
Part II: Chos?n Period Prose
3. Early Chos?n Short Fiction
3.1. Kim Sis?p, “An Account of Drunken Merriment at Floating Jade-Green Pavilion” (醉遊浮碧亭記Ch’wiyu Puby?kch?ng-gi), Gregory N. Evon
4. Chos?n Long Fiction
4.1. Anonymous, The Tale of Lady Pak (朴氏傳 Pak-ssi-j?n), Jeongsoo Shin and Peter Lee
4.2. Anonymous, A Tale of Two Sisters, Changhwa and Hongny?n (薔花紅蓮傳Changhwa Hongny?n-j?n), Jeongsoo Shin and Peter Lee
4.3. Anonymous, The Pledge at the Banquet of Moon-Gazing Pavilion(玩月會盟宴Wanw?lhoe maengy?n, excerpt), Ksenia Chizhova
4.4. Cho Wihan, The Tale of Ch’oe Ch’?k (崔陟傳Ch’oe Ch’?k-j?n), Sookja Cho
5. Chos?n Period “Unofficial” Histories
5.1. S? K?j?ng, Idle Talk and Humorous Stories in a Peaceful Era (太平閑話滑稽傳T’aep’y?ng hanhwa kolgye-j?n)
“The Guest Gets a Wife,” Michael Pettid
“The Sage and His Affairs,” Michael Pettid
“The Wailing Ghost,” Michael Pettid
“General Kim Who Was Afraid of Ghosts,” Michael Pettid
5.2. Yu Mongin, Unofficial Narratives by ?u (於于野談?u yadam), Michael Pettid
“Ghosts of the S?nggyun’gwan” (S?nggyun’gwan kwisin), Michael Pettid
“Fox Pass” (Y?u kogae), Michael Pettid
“The Clever Trick of Pak Y?p to Have an Affair” (Kkoe r?l nae? sat’onghan Pak Y?p), Michael Pettid
“The Mother of Kangnamd?k” (Kangnamd?k moja), Hyangsoon Yi
“The K?mun’go of Sim Sugy?ng and a Palace Woman” (Sim Sugy?ng ?i k?mun’go wa kungny?), Michael Pettid
“The Life of Chinbok, a Licentious Woman” (?mbu Chinbok ?i ilsaeng), Hyangsoon Yi
“The Starving Thief” (Kumjurin toj?k), Michael Pettid
“Yi Yesun Who Devoted Herself to Buddhism” (Pulgyo-e Yi Yesun), Hyangsoon Yi
5.3. Anonymous, Collection of Past and Present Laughs (古今笑叢 Kog?m soch’ong)
“Falsely Cutting the Narrow Hole” (佯裂孔窄Yangy?l kong ch’ak), Michael Pettid
“The Son-in-Law Who Ridiculed His Father-in-Law” (壻嘲婦翁S? cho pu?ng), Michael Pettid
“Three Women Examine a Mute” (三女儉啞Samny? k?m a), Michael Pettid
“Prerequisite Study for a Virgin” (處女先習Ch’?ny? s?ns?p), Michael Pettid
“The Five Marvels That Shook the Heart” (五妙動心 Omyo tongsim), Michael Pettid
6. Late Chos?n Period: Autobiography, Social Commentary, and Philosophical Humor
6.1. Pak Chiw?n, “The Tale of Master Yed?k” (穢德先生傳 Yed?k s?nsaeng-j?n), Charles La Shure
6.2. Pak Chiw?n, “On Names” (名論My?ngnon), YoungminKim and YoungyeonKim
6.3. Yi T?ngmu, “The Book of Ears, Eyes, Mouth, and Heart” (耳目口心書Immokkusims?), Jamie Jungmin Yoo
6.4. Lady Yi of Hansan, “The Record of My Hardships”(苦行錄 Kohaengnok), Si Nae Park
7. Palace Literature
7.1. Anonymous, Diary of the Kyech’uk Year (계축일기 Kyech’uk ilgi, excerpt), Kil Cha and Michael Pettid
Part III: Oral Tradition
8. P’ansori, Narratives in Song, introduced and translated by Chan E. Park
8.1. Song of H?ngbo (흥보가H?ngpo-ga, excerpt)
8.2. Song of Sim Ch’?ng (심청가Sim Ch’?ng-ga, excerpt)
8.3. Song of Ch’unhyang (춘향가Ch’unhyang-ga, excerpt)
List of Contributors