| Description |
1 online resource (271 pages) |
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Encounters with the adversities of war -- An exhortation to Koreans still held prisoner in Japan -- A report to the royal secretariat on Japanese social practices -- A memorial sent from captivity |
| Summary |
Kang Hang was a Korean scholar-official taken prisoner in 1597 by an invading Japanese army during the Imjin War of 1592-1598. While in captivity in Japan, Kang recorded his thoughts on human civilisation, war, and the enemy's culture and society, acting in effect as a spy for his king. A neo-Confucianist with a deep knowledge of Chinese philosophy and history, Kang drew a distinct line between the Confucian values of his world, which distinguished self, family, king, and country, and a foreign culture that practiced invasion and capture and, in his view, was largely incapable of civilisation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Prisoners of war -- Japan -- Biography
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Prisoners of war -- Korea -- Biography
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HISTORY -- Asia -- China.
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HISTORY -- Asia -- Japan.
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Prisoners of war
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Travel
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Japan -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069399
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Korea -- History -- Japanese Invasions, 1592-1598 -- Personal narratives, Korean
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Korea -- History -- Japanese Invasions, 1592-1598 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
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Japan
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Korea
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| Genre/Form |
Personal narratives
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Biographies
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Early works
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History
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Personal narratives
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Personal narratives.
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Biographies.
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Récits personnels.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Robinson, Kenneth R.
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| ISBN |
9780231535113 |
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0231535112 |
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