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<p class="0" style="mso-pagination:none;text-autospace:none;mso-padding-alt:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:\ud568\ucd08\ub86c\ubc14\ud0d5;mso-font-width:100%;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt;">We are pleased to introduce our publications in Korean Studies. </span></p>
<p class="0" style="mso-pagination:none;text-autospace:none;mso-padding-alt:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:\ud568\ucd08\ub86c\ubc14\ud0d5;mso-font-width:100%;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt;">Drawing on diverse epigraphic materials such as steles and epitaphs, this book broadens our understanding of ancient and medieval Korean history from the Three Kingdoms to the Goryeo periods. It comprehensively reconstructs the lives of key figures, the status of Buddhist temples, state-religion dynamics, and socio-ideological trends.</span></p>
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<p class="0" style="mso-pagination:none;text-autospace:none;mso-padding-alt:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:\ud568\ucd08\ub86c\ubc14\ud0d5;mso-font-width:100%;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt;">Grounded in decades of fieldwork and rubbing analysis, the author advocates for the establishment of definitive texts. By synthesizing scattered research into a single comprehensive volume, the book outlines the future directions and key tasks of Korean epigraphy.</span></p>
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<p class="0" style="mso-pagination:none;text-autospace:none;mso-padding-alt:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:\ud568\ucd08\ub86c\ubc14\ud0d5;mso-font-width:100%;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt;font-weight:bold;">About the Author: Heo Heung-sik</span></p>
<p class="0" style="mso-pagination:none;text-autospace:none;mso-padding-alt:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:\ud568\ucd08\ub86c\ubc14\ud0d5;mso-font-width:100%;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt;">-Affiliation: Professor Emeritus at the Academy of Korean Studies (AKS).</span></p>
<p class="0" style="mso-pagination:none;text-autospace:none;mso-padding-alt:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:\ud568\ucd08\ub86c\ubc14\ud0d5;mso-font-width:100%;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt;">-Research Scope: Encompasses Goryeo history, medieval Buddhism, paleography, epigraphy, philology, and ethnology.</span></p>
<p class="0" style="mso-pagination:none;text-autospace:none;mso-padding-alt:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:\ud568\ucd08\ub86c\ubc14\ud0d5;mso-font-width:100%;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt;">-Global Fieldwork: Explores the intersections of Korean history and neighboring civilizations across East and Central Asia (including Yunnan, Delhi, Mongolia, and Kazakhstan).</span></p>
<p class="0" style="mso-pagination:none;text-autospace:none;mso-padding-alt:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:\ud568\ucd08\ub86c\ubc14\ud0d5;mso-font-width:100%;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt;">-Major Contributions: Renowned for original research in Korean Buddhism, tea culture, and comparative mythology.</span></p>
<p class="0" style="mso-pagination:none;text-autospace:none;mso-padding-alt:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:\ud568\ucd08\ub86c\ubc14\ud0d5;mso-font-width:100%;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt;">-Publications & Awards: Author of over 300 papers and multiple books offering in-depth analyses of medieval Korea. Recipient of the Dugye Academic Award and the Publication Culture Award.</span></p>
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<p class="0" style="mso-pagination:none;text-autospace:none;mso-padding-alt:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:\ud568\ucd08\ub86c\ubc14\ud0d5;mso-font-width:100%;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt;font-weight:bold;">Table of Contents</span></p>
<p class="0" style="mso-pagination:none;text-autospace:none;mso-padding-alt:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:\ud568\ucd08\ub86c\ubc14\ud0d5;mso-font-width:100%;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt;">Chapter 1: The Origin of Characters and the Tasks of Epigraphy</span></p>
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<p class="0" style="mso-pagination:none;text-autospace:none;mso-padding-alt:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:\ud568\ucd08\ub86c\ubc14\ud0d5;mso-font-width:100%;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt;">Chapter 3: The Construction of Stupas and the Erection of Steles</span></p>
<p class="0" style="mso-pagination:none;text-autospace:none;mso-padding-alt:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:\ud568\ucd08\ub86c\ubc14\ud0d5;mso-font-width:100%;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt;">Chapter 4: Archetypes of Stupas and the Reconstruction of Steles</span></p>
<p class="0" style="mso-pagination:none;text-autospace:none;mso-padding-alt:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:\ud568\ucd08\ub86c\ubc14\ud0d5;mso-font-width:100%;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt;">Chapter 5: Burial Systems and Epitaphs of the Goryeo Period</span></p>
<p class="0" style="mso-pagination:none;text-autospace:none;mso-padding-alt:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:\ud568\ucd08\ub86c\ubc14\ud0d5;mso-font-width:100%;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt;">Chapter 6: Steles Identified at Historic Sites</span></p>
<p class="0" style="mso-pagination:none;text-autospace:none;mso-padding-alt:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:\ud568\ucd08\ub86c\ubc14\ud0d5;mso-font-width:100%;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt;">Chapter 7: Buddhist Epigraphs Verified through Rubbings</span></p>
<p class="0" style="mso-pagination:none;text-autospace:none;mso-padding-alt:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:\ud568\ucd08\ub86c\ubc14\ud0d5;mso-font-width:100%;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt;">Chapter 8: Buddhist Epigraphs Discovered in Historical Records</span></p>
<p class="0" style="mso-pagination:none;text-autospace:none;mso-padding-alt:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-font-family:\ud568\ucd08\ub86c\ubc14\ud0d5;mso-font-width:100%;letter-spacing:0pt;mso-text-raise:0pt;">Chapter 9: Epigraphs of Suseonsa Temple on Mt. Songgwang</span></p>
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