Prelude to a Confucian State : Literati, Morality, and Books -- The Conception of the Samgang haengsil-to -- Vernacular Sounds and the Reduced Edition -- The Sequels : Here and Now in the Choson
Summary
In Engraving Virtue, Young Kyun Oh investigates the publishing history of the Samgang Haengsil-to (Illustrated Guide to the Three Relations), a moral primer of Chos?n (1392-1910), and traces the ways in which woodblock printed books contributed to shaping premodern Korea