Korean patterns
By: by Paul S. Crane.
Edition: 3d ed.
Series: Royal Asiatic Society. Korea Branch. Handbook series, no. 1
Publisher: Royal Asiatic Society, Korea Branch in conjunction with Kukje Publishing Company
Published: 1972
Place of publication: Seoul, Korea
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: National characteristics, Korean.; Korea -- Social life and customs.
Table of contents: title: Korean ideals -- The importance of kibun -- Interpersonal relationships. Importance of relationships -- Family relationships -- Deference to elders -- Sex and marriage -- Schools and classmates -- Etiquette. Importance of etiquette -- Introductions -- Names and titles -- Privacy and propriety -- Table manners -- Parties -- The problem of gifts -- Public relationships. Traditional attitudes toward government -- Attitudes toward the provinces -- Importance of ceremony -- Korean self-confidence -- Attitudes toward crime and criminals -- Attitudes while under duress -- Business attitudes -- Han yak : The practice of ancient medicine -- Modernized Koreans. Koreans today -- Impact of study and travel on Korean attitudes -- Imprint of Japanese occupation on Korean patterns -- Reactions to American forces -- Christianity in Korea -- Impact of Christianity on traditional Korean attitudes -- Some attitudes of Korean Christians -- The westerner working in Korea -- Conclusion -- Appendix. Korean proverbs -- The lunar calendar -- A sixty-year cycle -- Fortune telling -- Special days of the lunar calendar -- Official Korean commemorative days and official holidays -- Terms used to denote family relationships -- Korean wild flowers used in Han yak prescriptions -- The hangŭl alphabet -- McCune-Reischauer system for the Romanization of Korean.