[KS] Re: Koreanstudies digest, Vol 1 #503 - 6 msgs

[Walter K. Lew]

I'm sure Prof. Ledyard (and many other list subscribers) are already 
well aware of this, but it should be mentioned that several versions 
of the _Imjinnok_--tales pertaining to the Hideyoshi 
invasions--describe "ally" Ming generals as severing the arteries of 
mountains and streams while circuiting Korea's eight provinces, e.g. 
"Yi YO-song-i p'alto-rUl tanimyO sanch'OnhyOlmaek-Ul kkUnt'Oni...."

--Walter K. Lew


>Message: 5
>Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 18:06:45 -0500 (EST)
>From: Gari Keith Ledyard <gkl1 at columbia.edu>
>To: Koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws
>Subject: Re: [KS] Question
>Reply-To: Koreanstudies at koreaweb.ws
>
>You can add the Ming dynasty to the list of those charged with wishing
>either Korea or some Korean individual ill by trying to stop the "natural
>energy flow" flowing through the "arteries" (_maek_) along the spines of
>its mountain ranges.  Ming was a Korean ally during the Imjin Wars, but
>some of its generals supposedly were jealous of Korean competitors for
>glory.  I regret that I cannot remember where I read this, but I did, in a
>secondary source by a modern South Korean author.