Ryu Sŏngnyong, Chancellor of Chosŏn Korea : On the Battlefield and in Memory /
"This biography of Ryu Sŏngnyong presents his childhood and education, his career as a government official, and his scholarship during retirement. The narrative includes descriptions of the Imjin War between Hideyoshi's Japan and Chosŏn Korea, and their negotiations with imperial China&q...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California, Berkeley,
[2022]
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Book I. Dragon in the Deep: Preparing for a Career
- A Child Named "Accomplished Dragon"
- Ancestral Lineage
- Family Portraits
- Learning and Growing
- The Grand Tour
- Excursion into Practical Rationality
- Humble Hut and Western Cliff
- Reading the Classics
- Master T'oegye
- Book II. Dragon Arising in the Field: Public Service
- A Heart Divided
- Entering the Service
- Diplomatic Mission to China
- Lecturing to the King
- Factional Strife
- Reluctant Partisans
- Leave-takings
- Riptides
- Downfall of the Easterners
- The Man in Command
- Book III. Dragon on the Wing: Leading the War with Japan
- Scholars and Warriors
- Japanese Envoys
- Contradictory Reports
- Sharing Information with China
- Recommending Yi Sunsin
- Generals Unable to Foresee War
- The Japanese Invade
- Fortresses Fall One after Another
- Criminal Charges against Kim Sŏngil
- Commander Yi Il Flees as Sangju Falls
- Sin Rip and the Fall of Ch'ungju
- Get the Horses Ready
- A Day of Wailing
- The Fall of Seoul
- The Defenses Collapse
- Reinstatement
- The Royal Party Leaves P'yŏngyang
- The Fall of P'yŏngyang
- The King Arrives in Ŭiju
- The Shocking Defeat of the Celestial Army
- Yi Sunsin's Victories at Sea
- The Righteous Armies
- China Negotiates
- The Ming Army Recaptures P'yŏngyang
- A Setback at Pyŏkchegwan
- Korea Fights on Its Own
- A Painful Stalemate
- No Retribution
- A Rare Opportunity
- Saving the Throne
- A Precarious Calm
- Caught in the Crossfire
- Breakdown of Negotiations and the Second Invasion
- Book IV. Dragon without a Head: The Last Days
- Yi Sunsin's Trials
- The Fall of Namwŏn
- Arrogant Generals, Servile King
- Loyalty and Filial Piety
- Fall of the Dragon
- Chingbirok: Admonitions for Future Generations
- Turning Down Royal Favors
- A Nation in Mourning
- Book V. Historical Judgments
- Disciples and Descendants
- History Written by Adversaries
- Sŏngnyong's Legacy.