“jahyun kim haboush”

The Neo-Confucian kingship was based on the ideal of the sage king, an ordinary human being rendered supreme through his extraordinary virtue. The eighteenth-century Korean ruler YAngjo, one of that country's most illustrious yet most tragic rulers, is a fascinating example of the Neo-Confucian sage... More

These memoirs offer a compelling account of one of the most tragic tales in the history of the Korean court. Lady Hyegyong, the author of these memoir, married Crown Prince Sado when both were just nine years old. As the Prince grew into a young man, he withdrew from his father, the King, and began ... More

Investigating the late sixteenth through the nineteenth century, this work looks at the shifting boundaries between the Choson state and the adherents of Confucianism, Buddhism, Christianity, and popular religions. Seeking to define the meaning and constitutive elements of the hegemonic group and a ... More

Representing an unprecedented collaboration among international scholars from Asia, Europe, and the United States, this volume rewrites the history of East Asia by rethinking the contentious relationship between Confucianism and women. The authors discuss the absence of women in the Confucian canoni... More

A deeply compelling saga of love, jealously, honor, and greed, And So Flows History (Yoksanŭ n hŭ rŭ nda, 1947) depicts the relentless power of exterior forces on the individual lives of three generations of the illustrious Cho family--from the waning years of the Choson dynasty... More

Until the Telecommunications Industry Association published the IS-95 standard in 1993, the wireless telecommunications industry considered code division multiple access (CDMA) a controversial technology. Members of the technical staff of Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies provide in-depth discussion of... More