{"product_id":"a-confucian-autobiography-of-tasan-wodi-hongjinwhi-9789004540736","title":"A Confucian Autobiography of Tasan Ch\u0026#335;ng Yagyong: Selected Poems, 1776-1836","description":"Chŏng 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wodi Hongjinwhi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004540733\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004540736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Wodi Hongjinwhi","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45064430977279,"sku":"9789004540736","price":49.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f3c3ccd4-ae3f-4eeb-809f-877b433ba54c.jpg?v=1712124342","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-confucian-autobiography-of-tasan-wodi-hongjinwhi-9789004540736","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}