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A Korean War Captive in Jap...
Kang Hang was a Korean scholar-official taken prisoner in 1597 by an invading Japanese army during the Imjin War of 1592-1598. While in captivity in Japan, Kang recorded his thoughts on human civilization, war, and the enemy's culture and society, acting in effect as a spy for his king. Arranged and printed in the seventeenth century as Kanyangnok, or The Record of a Shepherd, Kang's writings were extremely valuable to his government, offering new perspective on a society few Koreans had encountered in 150 years and new information on Japanese politics, culture, and military organization.In this complete, annotated translation of Kanyangnok, Kang ruminates on human behavior and the nature of loyalty during a time of war. A neo-Confucianist with a deep knowledge of Chinese philosophy and history, Kang drew a distinct line between the Confucian values of his world, which distinguished self, family, king, and country, and a foreign culture that practiced invasion and capture, and, in his view, was largely incapable of civilization. Relating the experiences of a former official who played an exceptional role in wartime and the rare voice of a Korean speaking plainly and insightfully on war and captivity, this volume enables a deeper appreciation of the phenomenon of war at home and abroad
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monografia Rebiun26535898 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun26535898 m|||||o||d|||||||| cr -n--------- 190708s2013 nyu fo d z eng d 0-231-53511-2 10.7312/habo16370 doi UAM 991008203617004211 CBUC 991013143892706708 DE-B1597 eng DE-B1597 rda eng a-kr--- a-ja--- nyu US-NY HIS021000 bisacsh 951.9/02 23 Kanyangnok. English A Korean War Captive in Japan, 1597-1600 The Writings of Kang Hang Kenneth Robinson, JaHyun Kim Haboush New York, NY Columbia University Press [2013] New York, NY New York, NY Columbia University Press ©2013 1 online resource (271 p.) 1 online resource (271 p.) Text txt computer c online resource cr Description based upon print version of record Includes bibliographical references and index Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Encounters with the Adversities of War -- 2. An Exhortation to Koreans Still Held Prisoner in Japan -- 3. A Report to the Royal Secretariat on Japanese Social Practices -- 4. A Memorial Sent from Captivity -- 5. Postscript -- Appendix 1. The Eight Circuits and Sixty-six Provinces of Japan -- Appendix 2. Japanese Government Offices -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Kang Hang was a Korean scholar-official taken prisoner in 1597 by an invading Japanese army during the Imjin War of 1592-1598. While in captivity in Japan, Kang recorded his thoughts on human civilization, war, and the enemy's culture and society, acting in effect as a spy for his king. Arranged and printed in the seventeenth century as Kanyangnok, or The Record of a Shepherd, Kang's writings were extremely valuable to his government, offering new perspective on a society few Koreans had encountered in 150 years and new information on Japanese politics, culture, and military organization.In this complete, annotated translation of Kanyangnok, Kang ruminates on human behavior and the nature of loyalty during a time of war. A neo-Confucianist with a deep knowledge of Chinese philosophy and history, Kang drew a distinct line between the Confucian values of his world, which distinguished self, family, king, and country, and a foreign culture that practiced invasion and capture, and, in his view, was largely incapable of civilization. Relating the experiences of a former official who played an exceptional role in wartime and the rare voice of a Korean speaking plainly and insightfully on war and captivity, this volume enables a deeper appreciation of the phenomenon of war at home and abroad English Prisoners of war- Japan- Biography Prisoners of war- Korea- Biography Korea- History- Japanese Invasions, 1592-1598- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese Korea- History- Japanese Invasions, 1592-1598- Personal narratives, Korean Japan- Description and travel- Early works to 1800 Electronic books Haboush, JaHyun Kim editor Robinson, Kenneth editor 0-231-16371-1 0-231-16370-3