Korea's pastimes and customs
Subtitle: a social history
By: Lee E-wha ; Translated by Ju-Hee Park.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Homa Sekey Books; Homa & Sekey Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Paramus, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
Subjects: Games -- Korea -- History; Korea -- Social life and customs; Korea -- Social conditions
Notes: Includes index.
Partial translation of Lee E-Wha's History of Korea, Vol. 14.
Table of contents: title: Part I: Pastimes; title: A good baduk player was welcome everywhere; title: Gambling: the ruin of families; title: Pastimes for boys; title: Pastimes for girls; title: Open-air pastimes for girls; title: Pastimes for both sexes; title: Men's pastimes for discipline and martial prowess; title: Part II: Customs; title: Importance of clan affiliation; title: The life of won gyeongha, a yangaban (a man of high birth); title: Seasonal customs; title: Farmers? co-ops (dure) bring peasants together; title: Banning luxury goods? the road to a strong, prosperous nation; title: Part III: Insatiable curiosity about the future; title: Predicting the future according to the secrets of tojeong (tojeong bigyeol); title: Forewarned is forearmed; title: Peace of mind comes from abstinence; title: Four pillars (saju) and physiognomy.