{"product_id":"a-confucian-autobiography-of-tasan-ch-335-ng-yagyong-selected-poems-1776-1836-hardcover","title":"A Confucian Autobiography of Tasan Ch\u0026#335;ng Yagyong: Selected Poems, 1776-1836 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWodi Hongjinwhi\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eWodi Hongjinwhi\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChŏng Yagyong (1762-1836), or simply Tasan, is a prolific poet and one of the most brilliant minds in Korean history but remains unknown as a person.This book introduces his life through his own auto-biographical poems translated into English for the first time. \u003cbr\u003e Here we find him struggling between love of learning and exam hell, between aristocratic pride and economic hardship, between Catholic sympathies and Confucian heritage, and finally between two women. \u003cbr\u003e Astonishingly open about himself for his time and class, this vivid portrait of his is a triumph of self-expression the likes of which we have not seen in premodern Korean literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42154208755847,"sku":"9789004540736","price":87.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/6bb3bab449b090032848bc2a1337b098.webp?v=1733227403","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/a-confucian-autobiography-of-tasan-ch-335-ng-yagyong-selected-poems-1776-1836-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}