[KS] Dictionary or glossary for Choson era terms

[CedarBough T. Saeji]

It's not exactly what you're asking for, but the 한.영 우리문화용어집 *Glossary of
Korean Culture* (compiled by Song Ki-joong and published by 지문당 in 2001) is
quite useful and would help your student with some terms he/she is
struggling with. It's not perfect, among other failings is that it lists
each item 한글/한자/M-R/RR/English but the romanization (esp. the RR) is
sometimes wrong, and you're not always going from 한글 to English... but I'm
sure it's out of print.

과전 stipend-land, rank-land, the land allocated to government officials
과전법 Rank-Land Law

On Tue, May 24, 2016 at 5:12 PM, S Hwang <skhwang3 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear All,
>
> I am looking for a dictionary or glossary that lists and defines some of
> the terminologies used in Choson era. A student is working on a thesis on
> the late Choson period and asked me if there is any kind of
> dictionary/glossary for specialists that defines some of the key terms or
> phrases used in Choson society, preferably with English translations. For
> instance, what is the scholarly definition for words like 과전법 (*kwajonpop*)
> and how is it translated into English (i.e., Land Rank Law)? I assume that
> there are many words like this that we can look up. I am not a
> pre-modernist, so I would appreciate recommendations (including online
> ones) from specialists.
>
> Please email me directly at skhwang3 at gmail.com.
> Thank you.
>
> Kind regards,
> Su-kyoung
>
>
>


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