<p>The Swordswoman is very exceptional in that its protagonist is a swordswoman. The double-layered plot is also highly unusual: two women, a mistress and her slave, join forces for vengeance, after which the mistress takes her own life, and the protagonist the slave conceals her identity and becomes the concubine of a well-respected scholar. Some years later, this woman decides to leave the scholar upon realizing that his strengths consist of a handful of trifling tricks and that they fall far short of grand enough principles to govern the world and serve as norms for posterity. This man was So Eung-cheon (1704 1760), a scholar of some note in the mid-18th century. While this work recounts a tale of imaginary retribution and dazzling martial arts, it may ultimately be underhanded ridicule of the aristocracy of the time.</p>

Korean Classic Stories: Avengers & Artists (vol 1)

Literature & Fiction

Hunggyu Kim

Short Stories & Anthologies

Seoul Selection

Wolchul Island is a story in which the leader of bandits is portrayed as a kind of popular hero. After the 17th century, in the Joseon Dynasty, the phenomenon of class differentiation in rural communities led to the emergence of groups of landless farmers that became nomads without any means of making a living, and eventually formed groups of bandits. Although they were outlaws preying on travelers and stealing from them, some folktales sympathized with them, as they had turned to banditry because of cruel exploitation by the bureaucratic system. Also at times, as in Wolchul Island, they were portrayed as heroic outlaws that possessed a deep understanding of society and acted according to strict principles and discipline.

Korean Classic Stories: All Walks of Life

This collection of stories from the Joseon Dynasty portrays the lives of people who were deeply immersed in Confucianism and its venerated ethics. The books in the series look at the lives of women, artists, lovers, aristocrats, and commoners, providing a vibrant understanding of the Joseon period. 1.Avengers & Artists : Folk Tales, Sagas, and Anecdotes 2.Confucians in Love : arly Fiction Part I 3.War & Exile : Early Fiction Part II 4.All Walks of Life : Historical Romance Part I 5.Lives of Women : Historical Romance Part II

Korean Classic Stories - Set

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Books by Hunggyu Kim

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Korean Classic Stories: Avengers & Artists (vol 1)

Korean Classic Stories: All Walks of Life

Korean Classic Stories - Set