Sources of Korean Tradition, Vol. 2: From the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Centuries

Awesome excerpts helped me really understand the history of Korea, wedged between Japan and China, but agents of their own destiny.

Didn't come super fast but was in good condition. The book itself wasn't what I thought it would be. It's a bunch of documents or articles about different Korean. Mainly about how to act. I was hoping it would be more about the daily life of Koreans a long time ago.

Peter Lee comes through again!

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This is a nice book to get for anyone serious about studying early Korean History (pre-Yi dynasty). It gives you a taste of the Samguk Sagi, Samguk Yusa, The Chronicles of Koryo as well as early Wei China accounts and the controversial inscription on King Kwanggetto's Monolith. From these documents, you can learn, quite literally from the horse's mouth, the struggle of the Three Kingdoms against each other, the struggle of the later Three Kingdoms and the thought and philosophy of the people at that time. Please bear in mind, these are excerpts, not full texts of the primary sources. These only give you a taste and flavor of the full texts.

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Love this book..just reading first pages, but it is well written and chalk full of history.

Filled with articles which were written from 16th to present day.

This book is so great! So usefull if you are in Korean Studies, or if you just have interest in Korean history. I highly recommend. A landmine of information and annecdotes.