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The Art of Mathematics (Korean: 수학의 정석; RR: suhakui jeongseok), written by Hong Sung-Dae , is a series of mathematics textbooks for high school students in South Korea. First published in 1966, it is the best-selling book series in South Korea, with about 46 million copies sold as of 2016. [1]
The book is regarded as important in traditional Korean medicine, and is one of the classics of Oriental medicine today. As of July 2009, it is on UNESCO ’s Memory of the World Programme . [ 2 ] The original edition of Dongui Bogam is currently preserved by the Korean National Library. [ 3 ]
Korean History began to be compiled in late 1969. Initially, the historians planned to published 30 books from 1971 to 1976, but they adjusted their plans. They decided to divide Korean history into four main eras: the ancient period, Goryeo, Joseon, and the modern period. The table of contents for the series was prepared from July 1970 to ...
# books (chaek) Monarch Start of compilation Notes 1 Veritable Records of Taejo 태조실록: 太祖實錄: 15 3 Taejo (r. 1392–1398) 1413 2 Veritable Records of Jeongjong 정종실록: 定宗實錄: 6 1 Jeongjong (r. 1398–1400) 1426 3 Veritable Records of Taejong 태종실록: 太宗實錄: 36 16 Taejong (r. 1400–1418) 1431 4
Samguk sagi is critical to the study of Korean history during the Three Kingdoms and Unified Silla periods. Not only because this work, and its Buddhist counterpart Samguk yusa, are the only remaining Korean sources for the period, but also because the Samguk sagi contains a large amount of information and details.
Among them, Kim Bu-sik's Samguk sagi (三國史記) (comprising 50 volumes), compiled in the 23rd year of King Injong (1145), is the longest of the Korean history books still in existence. However, Samguk sagi has been criticized for largely reflecting Kim Bu-sik's Sadaejuui (事大主義), a pro-Chinese ideology. [ 3 ]
The Chinese text is identical with that of the Beonyeok Bak Tongsa, but the pronunciations and the Korean translation were completely revised. [12] [13] Bak Tongsa Sinseok eonhae (朴通事新釋諺解 New Edition Vernacular Exposition of Pak the Interpreter), a further revision by Kim Chang-jo, was published in 1765. [10] [13] [14]
Flowers of Mold is a collection of ten short stories written by Ha Seong-nan.Originally published in Korean in 1999 by Ch'angjak kwa Pip'yŏngsa under the title Yŏpchip yŏja (옆집 여자) or The Woman Next Door, the collection was translated by Janet Hong and published in English in 2019.