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Redemption and Regret Modernizing Korea in the Writings of James Scarth Gale The James Scarth Gale Library of Korean Literature General Editors: Ross King and Bruce Fulton Redemption and Regret MODERNIZING KOREA IN THE WRITINGS OF JAMES SCARTH GALE James Scarth Gale Edited by Daniel Pieper UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO PRESS Toronto Buffalo London © University of Toronto Press 2021 Toronto Buffalo London utorontopress.com Printed in the U.S.A. ISBN 978-1-4875-0434-2 (cloth) ISBN 978-1-4875-2997-0 (EPUB) ISBN 978-1-4875-2996-3 (PDF) The James Scarth Gale Library of Korean Literature Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Title: Redemption and regret : modernizing Korea in the writings of James Scarth Gale / James Scarth Gale ; edited by Daniel Pieper. Names: Gale, James Scarth, 1863–1937, author. | Pieper, Daniel, 1980– editor. Description: Series statement: James Scarth Gale Library of Korean Literature series | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20210123664 | Canadiana (ebook) 20210123699 | ISBN 9781487504342 (cloth) | ISBN 9781487529970 (EPUB) | ISBN 9781487529963 (PDF) Subjects: LCSH: Korea – History. | LCSH: Korea – Civilization. | LCSH: Korea – Social life and customs. | LCSH: Korea – Foreign relations – 1864–1910. | LCSH: Korean language. Classification: LCC DS902 .G156 2021 | DDC 951.9/02–dc23 This work was supported by the Academy of Korean Studies Grant funded by the Korean Government (MEST) (AKS-2011-AAA-2103), as well as by the Centre for Korean Research at the University of British Columbia. University of Toronto Press acknowledges the financial assistance to its publishing program of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario. This book is dedicated to James Scarth Gale: Translator, Koreanist, and Literatus This page intentionally left blank Contents Series Preface xi List of Illustrations and Tables xiii Acknowledgments xv Introduction 3 Bibliography 50 PART ONE: PEN PICTURES OF OLD KOREA Korean Songs and Verses 59 Eternal Life 73 Tobacco in Korea 79 Concerning the Occult 85 A Note of Warning 91 On and Off the Street Car 94 A Sample of Korean Labour Song 100 Marriage in Korea 104 Pak’s Experiences 108 The Mystery of It 113 viii Contents The Family Line 116 Korea’s Electric Shocks 119 Broken Earthenware 129 Unconscious Korea 133 Korean Literature 142 A New Style of Courtship 153 Korea’s Receding Pantheon 158 Stone Fights 169 Standing for One’s Rights 174 That Old Dragon 182 Happy Yi 185 My Lord the Elephant 193 The Displeasure of the Rain God 198 Korean New Year’s 202 The Korean Woman 206 Korea’s Preparation for the Bible 210 The Waning Eunuch 216 A Freak of Language 221 An Affair of State 225 Private Minting 228 A New Korean 230 The Burning of the Temple 234 A Royal Funeral 238 “Belong” Small Boxer 241 The Foreign “Squeezer” 245 The Awful Kim 250 Exit Kim 254 The Opening of War 257 Prospective 262 All Good Things Are Three 265 Japan’s Task in Korea 274 Where Are We? 284 As Regards the Fates 288 Contents ix PART TWO: OLD COREA Corean Literature and History 293 Corea’s Noted Women 339 Yŏwa Ssi 342 Ahwang and Yŏyŏng 344 T’aeim and T’aesa 347 Wang Sogun 350 Princess Yang (Yang Kwibi) 353 Religious and Allied Themes 356 The Corean’s View of God 358 The Mirror of the Heart 368 The Worship of Confucius 378 Corea’s Filial Piety 383 How She Moved God 389 Father and Son 395 Social and Allied Subjects 403 Prohibition in Corea 406 Tea 411 Tobacco in Corea 416 Corean Paper 424 Corean Clothes 428 Corean Artists 432 Corean Chess 437 Teeth 441 Ancient Remains 445 The Tombs of Uhyŏlli 449 Ancient Burial Remains 452 When Kings Die 457 Hollanders in Corea 464 Superstitions 470 Guardians of the Year 472 One of the Immortals 474 The Spirit Medium 479
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