Portents and Politics in Korean History - Hardcover

Park, Seong-rae

9788988095072: Portents and Politics in Korean History

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 8988095073 ISBN 13: 9788988095072

Publisher: Jimoondang Pub., c.1998, 1998

In the traditional historiography of Korea, there are so many records of unusual natural phenomena, which the author calls 'porents'. Until the late 1970's the enormous records of the portents had been almost totally overlooked by the historians of Korea. And it was about the same for the portents for Chinese and Japanese historical records. With this research Dr. Park had actually done the ground-breaking study by defining the meaning and significance of portents in the intellectual climate of the traditional society of Korea.

After his pioneering adventure in this fascinating field, the portents in the historical writings of the bygone days had been slowly attracting academic attention. This is the first book of its kind about the East Asian tradition of portents and their politico-ideological implications.

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