MS 7365 Paeksumum or Ch'ŏnjamun
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 7365
label: Translation of Title
content: White-haired Essay or one thousand character essay
label: Local Note
content: Data furnished by Chang-su Houchins of the Department of Anthropology. She consulted Rita Aero, Things Chinese, 1980.
name: label: Collector
content: Dredge, Paul
topic: label: Topic
content: Language and languages -- Documentation
creator: label: Collector
content: Dredge, Paul
culture: label: Culture
content: Korean
label: Culture
content: Chinese
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The title, the white-haired essay, orginated from a story that a Chinese T'ang scholar, Chou Hsing-ssu was ordered by the emperor to make a composition of one thousand characters as a form of punishment. Chou completed the essay in a single night, but the effort was said to have turned his hair white.
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Gift of the Virgil Hillyer Fund, collected in 1976. Transferred to the archives by Chang-su Houchins, November 1983.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS7365
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Composition of one thousand characters, arranged four to a line, each sentence complete in itself with no connection with the rest of the text. Includes a Korean translation and pronunciation for each ideograph in han'gŭl, together with etymological annotations. Used as a literary primer for teaching children in the classical educational system.