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An Annotated Translation to Yi Gok's Jukbuinjeon (Biography of Lady Bamboo)

Publication at Faculty of Arts |
2019

Abstract

This is an English translation of Yi Gok's 李穀 Jukbuinjeon (Biography of Lady Bamboo 竹夫人傳). Until now (2019), it has been translated into Korean only.

There was neither translation for non-Korean speaking readers into English, nor into any other global language as well. Not many researchers outside of Korea are interested in the Goryeo period (918-1392) as a whole, nor in its history or literature.

However, Goryeo was one of the most developed countries of that time, and I think that it should be known more widely rather than only inside Korea. Therefore, I would like to offer the first English translation of Yi Gok's work, which is faithful to its original text and includes footnotes with references to the primary sources that will be useful to the readers.