[KS] A new book about tea in Joseon

[Frank Hoffmann]

Quote:
>> the main interest of the text is the stress it lays on the almost total 
lack of interest in tea among Koreans in the later 18th century <<

That nicely puts a stamp under the "invented tea culture" discussion we 
had here on the list a few years ago. What better proof could we asked 
for? 

Thanks for posting!

Best,
Frank


On Sat, 17 Nov 2018 11:31:01 +0900 (KST), Brother Anthony wrote:
> Professor Jeong Min (Hanyang University) has at long last published 
> the text and (annotated) Hangeul translation of the "Dongdagi' by Yi 
> Deok-ri which he discovered at Baekundong in 2006, together with 
> ample further documentation about this hitherto unknown scholar. "잊혀
> 진 실학자 이덕리와 동다기" 정민 지음 / 글항아리 / 2018년 11월 / 
> ISBN:9788967355562 
>  
> The "Dongdagi" was mentioned once by Cho-ui Seonsa in his DongDaSong 
> but remained a mystery though another (partial, inferior) text was 
> also discovered recently. Perhaps the main interest of the text is 
> the stress it lays on the almost total lack of interest in tea among 
> Koreans in the later 18th century. Instead, Yi proposes that tea 
> should be picked and dried then sold to the 'Northern Barbarians' in 
> exchange for silver and silk which would then add enormously to the 
> Korean economy, making everyone happy . . .
> 
> This publication comes 3 years after Jeong Min's beautiful edition of 
> the "Baekuncheop" manuscript,containing poems written by Dasan and 
> paintings by Cho-ui inspired by the largely unknown garden at 
> Baekundong  in his "강진 백운동 별서정원"
> 
> Brother Anthony
> President, RAS Korea
> 
> 

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Frank Hoffmann
http://koreanstudies.com