Record of the Seasonal Customs of Korea: Tongguk sesigi by Toae Hong Sŏk-mo

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Record of the Seasonal Customs of Korea

KOREAN CLASSICS LIBRARY: HISTORICAL MATERIALS
Record of the Seasonal Customs
of Korea
Tongguk sesigi by Toae Hong Sŏk-mo
translated, annotated, and with an introduction by
Werner Sasse
University of Hawai‘i Press/Honolulu
Korean Classics Library
© 2022 The Regents of the University of California
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Hong, Sŏng-mo, author. | Sasse, Werner, translator, annotator,
writer of introduction.
Title: Record of the seasonal customs of Korea = Tongguk sesigi / by Toae
Hong Sŏk-mo; ; translated, annotated, and with an introduction by
Werner Sasse.
Other titles: Tongguk sesigi. English | Korean classics library.
Historical materials.
Description: Honolulu : University of Hawai‘i Press, 2021. | Series: Korean
classics library. Historical materials | Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2021023727 (print) | LCCN 2021023728 (ebook) | ISBN
9780824891589 (hardback) | ISBN 9780824891602 (epub) | ISBN
9780824891619 (kindle edition) | ISBN 9780824891596 (pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: Seasons--Korea--Folklore. | Folklore--Korea. |
Classification: LCC DS904 .H6713 2021 (print) | LCC DS904 (ebook) | DDC
951.9--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021023727
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021023728
Korean Classics Library: Historical Materials
Series Editors:
Robert E. Buswell, Jr., University of California, Los Angeles
John B. Duncan, University of California, Los Angeles
Namhee Lee, University of California, Los Angeles
Series Editorial Board:
Donald Baker, University of British Columbia
Sun Joo Kim, Harvard University
James B. Lewis, Oxford University
A. Charles Muller, Tokyo University
Young-chan Ro, George Mason University
Kenneth R. Robinson, Aichi University
Edward Shultz, University of Hawai‘i, Mānoa
Senior Editor: Jennifer Jung-Kim, University of California, Los Angeles
This work was supported by the English Translation of 100 Korean Classics program through the Min-
istry of Education of the Republic of Korea and the Korean Studies Promotion Service of the Academy
of Korean Studies (AKS-2010-AAA-2102).
University of Hawai‘i Press books are printed on acid-free paper and meet the guidelines for
permanence and durability of the Council on Library Resources.
In memory of Chŏng Sŭng-mo (1953–2012),
former director of the Research Center of Regional Culture

Contents
List of Tables ix
Chronology xi
Part I
Translator’s Introduction 3
Part II
Translation: Record of the Seasonal Customs of Korea
(Tongguk sesigi) 17
Preface by Yi Cha-yu 17
First Lunar Month 19
Second Month 36
Third Month 38
Fourth Lunar Month 42
Fifth Month 45
Sixth Month 49
Seventh Month 52
Eighth Month 52
Ninth Month 54
Tenth Month 54
Eleventh Month 57
Twelfth Month 59
Intercalary Month 63
Abbreviations 65
Notes 67
Bibliography 131
Index of Rituals, Customs, and Games 155
Index of Government, Offices, and Titles 169
Index of Geographic Names (Administrational Units) and
Place-Names Mentioned in the Tongguk sesigi 173
Index of Food, Beverages, and Ingredients 179

Tables
Table 1. Number of Paragraphs in the Three Representative Texts about
Korean Seasonal Customs 9
Table 2. Geographical Distribution of Regional Rituals and Customs 10
Table 3. Number of Rituals and Customs per Month 11
Table 4. Number of Paragraphs for Special Days in the Tongguk sesigi 11
Table 5. The Twelve Earthly Branches and the Corresponding Animals of
the Twelve-Year Cycle 75
Table 6. Birth Years in the Twelve-Year Cycle and the Corresponding
Calamity Years 76
Table 7. The Sixty-Year Cycle (the Ten Celestial Stems Combined with
the Twelve Earthly Branches) 84
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