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Key Papers on Korea: Essays Celebrating 25 Years of the Centre of Korean Studies, SOAS, University of London Key Papers on Korea: Essays Celebrating 25 Years of the Centre of Korean Studies, SOAS, University of London Edited and Introduced by Andrew David Jackson LEIDEN • BOSTON 2014 Cover illustration: Elizabeth Keith, A Game of Chess. 1935. SOAS Library; coloured woodblock print on paper. Height 53cm. Width 63cm. SOASAW 2010.0155.01©SOAS. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Key papers on Korea: essays celebrating 25 years of the Centre of Korean Studies, SOAS, University of London / edited and introduced by Andrew David Jackson. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-90-04-25458-9 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. Korea--Civilization. 2. Korea--History. I. Jackson, Andrew David. II. Miller, Owen. Tobacco and the gift economy of Seoul merchants in the late nineteenth century. III. University of London. Centre of Korean Studies. 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This book is printed on acid-free paper. <UN> <UN> Dedicated to the memory of William Edward Skillend Pioneer of Korean Studies <UN> <UN> <UN> <UN> CONTENTS List of Illustrations and Maps xi Foreword xiii Acknowledgements xv List of Abbreviations and Note on Romanization xvii List of Contributors xix Chronology xxiii 1 Introduction: Sixty Years of Korean Studies at SOAS 1 Andrew David Jackson PART ONE HISTORY 2 Introduction: History 23 Andrew David Jackson 3 Tobacco and the Gift Economy of Seoul Merchants in the Late Nineteenth Century 27 Owen Miller 4 India as Viewed by Ancient and Mediaeval Koreans – Focussing on the Karak Kukki (Records of Karak State) 41 Vladimir Tikhonov (Pak Noja) 5 Northern Territories and the Historical Understanding of Territory in Late Chosŏn 61 Anders Karlsson 6 Nation, Ethnicity, and the Post-Manchukuo Order in the Sino-Korean Border Region 79 Charles Kraus and Adam Cathcart PART TWO NORTH KOREA 7 Introduction: North Korea 103 Andrew David Jackson <UN> <UN> viii contents 8 Rousing the Reader to Action: North Korean Wartime Literature 107 Jerôme de Wit 9 State Power and Hegemonic Values: Media Coverage of the Super Bowl and Arirang Mass Games 123 Andray Abrahamian 10 How North Korea Made its English-Korean Dictionary 135 Lee Heejae PART THREE LITERATURE, PHILOSOPHY AND SOCIETY 11 Introduction: Literature, Philosophy and Society 153 Andrew David Jackson 12 The Task and Risk of Translating Classical Korean sijo: Yun Sŏndo and Hwang Chini 155 Hye-Joon Yoon 13 Wandering Bodies,Wondering Minds – the Body, Territory and National Identity in Pak T’aewŏn, Ch’oe Inhun and Chu Insŏk’s Stories about Kubo 169 Justyna Najbar-Miller 14 Reviving the Confucian Spirit of Ethical Practicality: Tasan’s Notions of Sŏng (‘Nature’) and Sim (‘Heart/Mind’) and their Political Implication 187 Daeyeol Kim 15 Shamans, Ghosts and Hobgoblins Amidst Korean Folk Customs 203 Michael J. Pettid PART FOUR MUSIC, HERITAGE AND ART 16 Introduction: Music, Heritage and Art 223 Andrew David Jackson 17 The Five Surviving P’ansori Repertoires: Themes, Issues and the Connection to India 227 Dorothea Suh <UN> <UN> contents ix 18 1910–1911: Years that Changed Seoul’s Music 241 Sung-Hee Park 19 Heritage Practices during the Park Chung Hee Era 253 Codruţa Sîntionean 20 Korean Art Objects at SOAS 275 Charlotte Horlyck Index 297 <UN> <UN> <UN> <UN> LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS Andrew David Jackson 1 Extract from the Oryun haengsilto (Pictures of the Five Relationships in Practice, SOAS collections). Korea early nineteenth century. SOAS Library; Four volumes, woodblock printed book, H32 x W18.5 cm 16 Owen Miller 1 Korea in the late Chosŏn period (1895). © Andrew David Jackson 28 Vladimir Tikhonov (Pak Noja) 1 India and Ancient Korea. © Tear and McVey 44 2 The four Kingdoms. © Tear and McVey 45 Anders Karlsson 1 Parhae and Silla. © Tear and McVey 63 Sung-Hee Park 1 Musical distribution by style in Korea 241 2 Musical distribution by performance venues in Korea 241 3 A reworked nineteenth-century map of Seoul (c.1830), showing where patrons and musicians lived or performed and including significant other buildings and locations. The original of this map, the Susŏn chŏndo by Kim Chŏngho, is the property of Korea University Museum 243 Charlotte Horlyck 1 Set of miniature burial vessels (myŏnggi) – Korea, Chosŏn dynasty, sixteenth-eighteenth century. Various heights, ranging from 5 to 10 cm. Percival David Sherd Collection, © SOAS 279 <UN> <UN> xii list of illustrations and maps 2 Moon Jar – Korea, Chosŏn dynasty, seventeenth or eighteenth century. SOAS Library; H45 x Diam 31cm. Percival David Sherd Collection, © SOAS 282 3 Elizabeth Keith, The East Gate, Pyeng Yang, Korea. Published by Watanabe Shōzaburō, 1925. SOAS Library; coloured woodblock print on paper. Height 51.3 cm. Width 64 cm. SOASAW 2010.0154.01, © SOAS 285 4 Scene from Chōsen shisetsu gyōretsu zukan (Procession of Korean Ambassadors). Japan, Edo period, mid-seventeenth century. SOAS Library; handscroll, ink, colour and gold on paper. Height 33.3 cm. Length 1246 cm. SOAS, MS 86566, © SOAS 287 5 Scene from Chōsen shisetsu gyōretsu zukan (Procession of Korean Ambassadors). Japan, Edo period, mid-seventeenth century. SOAS Library; handscroll, ink, colour and gold on paper. Height 33.3 cm. Length 1246 cm. SOAS, MS 86566, © SOAS 289 6 Scene from Chōsen shisetsu gyōretsu zukan. Japan, Edo period, mid-seventeenth century. SOAS Library; handscroll, ink, colour and gold on paper. Height 33.3 cm. Length 1246 cm. SOAS, MS 86566, © SOAS 291 7 Kim Kich’ang, The Moonlight. Early 1970s. SOAS Library; watercolour on paper, mounted as a hanging scroll. Height 98 cm. Width 81 cm. SOAS, MS 381154, © SOAS 292 <UN> <UN> FOREWORD This book was originally conceived as a vehicle for the publication of selected papers contributed by SOAS-AKS staff and other scholars who have presented them at our fortnightly CKS seminars, SOAS Korean Studies workshops and conferences. The publication of this book is timely, as it coincides with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the foundation of the SOAS Centre of Korean Studies, initially funded by the Korea Research Foundation and subsequently by the Korea Foundation. In 2006, SOAS became the first European beneficiary of the Korean Studies Institution Grant, and subsequently received the Overseas Leading University Programme for Korean Studies Grant in 2011. Thanks to the generous support of the Academy of Korean Studies, SOAS has been able to significantly expand its staffing and infrastructure, its research pro- gramme and its event calendar over the past seven years. This book is the first collection of SOAS-AKS working papers. My sincere thanks go to Andrew Jackson for editing this book and providing an introduction to the volume that I believe will become an important touchstone for the history of Korean Studies at SOAS and in the UK. Andrew Jackson, as a CKS research fellow, has been instrumental in organizing CKS seminars and running CKS research activities over the years. We also express profound gratitude to Professor Martina Deuchler and Dr Youngsook Pak who have now retired but who strengthened the foun- dations of Korean Studies at SOAS during their tenure. Finally, the editor and authors would like to dedicate this book to the late Professor Bill Skillend, pioneer of Korean Studies at SOAS and in the UK as well as a founder of the Association of Korean Studies in Europe. Jaehoon Yeon Professor of Korean Language and Linguistics Director, SOAS-AKS Research Project <UN> <UN> <UN> <UN> ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This work was supported by the Academy of Korean Studies (KSPS) Grant funded by the Korean Government (MOE) (AKS-2011-BAA-2104). Thanks also to the Korea Foundation for their support. Special mention goes to Perry Iles for his extensive proofreading and sound advice, also to Keith Howard for his editing work on the music papers and substantial help with this project. I would also like to acknowledge the support and help of Fujiko Kobayashi, Anders Karlsson, Yeon Jaehoon, Charlotte Horlyck, Pak Young-sook, Martina Deuchler, Grace Koh, Jim Hoare, Janet Poole, Jerôme De Wit, Vladimir Tikhonov and Ross King. All photographs of the rare books in the SOAS Collection were taken by Glenn Ratcliffe. Thanks to John Hollingworth and Susannah Rayner at SOAS for their assistance and to Peter Lee of UCLA for providing permission to print his translation of the poem ‘A chain of mountains is long, long […] first published in A History of Korean Literature (Cambridge University Press, 2003). Thanks to Jae-seo Jung of Comparative Literature for providing permission to reprint sections of Hye-Joon Yoon’s ‘The task and risk of translating classical Korean sijo: Yun Sŏndo and Hwang Chini’ that were published previously as ‘Translating Ch’unhyangga: The Problems and a Strategy’ in Comparative Literature (2012).