Confucian Reform in Chos¿n Korea

Pan'gye surok (or "Pan'gye's Random Jottings") was written by the Korean scholar and social critic Yu Hy-ngw-n(1622-1673), who proposed to reform the Joseon dynasty and realise an ideal Confucian society.

Woosung Bae, editor, is Professor in the Department of Korean History at the University of Seoul, Seoul, South Korea, and Visiting Scholar at Korea Institute, Harvard University (January 2009 to January 2010). He is also the author of Chos-n and Chunghwa: The World and Civilization That Chos-n Dreamt and Imagined, Tolbegae, 2014. Changsu Kim, author, is Professor in the Department of History at Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea. Timothy Vincent Atkinson, translator, is Professor at Seoul University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, South Korea, who worked on the translation: A Korean Scholar's Rude Awakening in Qing China: Pak Chega's Discourse on Northern Learning (Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, 2019). Yoonjeong Shim, translator, has a Ph.D. in Korean history and co-translated The Veritable Records of King Sejong 1 (Gwacheon, Gyeonggi: National Institute of Korean History, 2016). Kenneth R. Robinson, copy editor, is a former Senior Associate Professor at International Christian University, Tokyo, Japan (Division of Social Sciences). He has co-translated with JaHyun Kim Haboush A Korean War Captive in Japan, 1597-1600: The Writings of Kang Hang (New York: Columbia University Press, 2013).

Part 1 Introduction: Pan'gye surok and Its Author / Yu Hy-ngw-n's Criticism and Thoughts on Confucian Statecraft / Pan'gye surok and Its Readers: Inquiry into the Hierarchy and Context of Knowledge / Guide to Relevant Korean Studies on Pan'gye surok / Chronological Biography of Yu Hy-ngw-n Part 2 Pan'gye surok Preface I-II, and Biographical Account of Yu Hy-ngw-n / Postscript to Pan'gye surok / Miscellaneous Notes of Pan'gye: Governance and Civilization