do you know the Three Masterpieces of Traditional Korean Fiction? The story of Chunhyang is my favorite.
>Even a mighty man like Meng Pen could not wrest from me my determination to stay a faithful wife and keep the oath, high as the mountains and deep as the sea, that I made to young master Yi. The eloquence of Su Ch’in or Ch’ang Yi could not move my heart. Chu-ko Liang was so clever that he could restrain the southeast wind, but he could not change my heart. Hsu Yu would not bend his will to Yao; Po I and Shu Ch’i would not eat the grain of Chou. Were it not for Hsii Yu there would be no highprincipled ministers; were it not for Po I and Shu Ch’i there would be many more criminals and robbers. I may be of humble birth, but I know these examples. If I forsook my husband and became a concubine, it would be treason as much as it is for a minister to betray his king. But the decision is yours.
>>25300744No please tell me more about the Three Masterpieces of Traditional Korean Fiction and why I would enjoy reading them.
>>25300744I read The Cloud Dream of The Nine by Kim Man Jung I'm saving other classical korean novels for later. I recommend Eun Heekyung's Beauty Looks Down On Me for another lighthearted book. The Cloud Dream of the Nine was my first Confucian novel and I still reflect on some literary problems within that I feel only Confucianism can solve. I think dream of red chamber however isn't a Confucian novel more Buddhist and Social focused having only 50 pages left. If a theory of Confucian literature was established early on then you can definitely have a different reading of the book than a novice or amateur as korean novels help understand chinese novels
>>25300744Han Kang?
>Korea has its own "literary classics" >Look inside>It's the exact same rich family drama and royal court intrigue shit shot through with "muh love triangle" garbage that you'd find in the Chinese classics
