[KS] Lecture information: Consolidating the Ritual Landscape of Late Chosŏn Society -- The Sarye p’yŏllam (The Manual of the Four Rites)

[Hu, Jing]

Dear colleagues,

We are very pleased to announce the lecture by Dr. Martin Gehlmann (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) entitled “Consolidating the Ritual Landscape of Late Chosŏn Society: The Sarye p’yŏllam“ will take place on April 20th, 2023 (Thursday), starting at 6 pm (CET). The lecture will be held in a hybrid format.

Sarye p’yŏllam (四禮便覽) is a four-volume Korean ritual manual compiled by scholar-official Yi Chae 李縡 (1680–1746) in 1746. The manual is one of the most elaborate attempts to create a practical handbook of the family rituals that defined both life and death in the Confucian society of the late Chosŏn dynasty. It offers both theoretical background and practical advice on the ceremonies that accompanied the four most important events in individual and family life: coming-of-age, marriage, funeral rites and ancestor worship. Given the utmost importance of these events, the manual not only provides detailed information on every step of the respective ceremonies, but also on the proper forms of ritual clothes, ritual utensils, sacrificial food, and the hierarchical arrangement of participants. The manuscript of the manual was prepared by Yi Chae until his death in 1746, after which it was collated, corrected, and already put to use by his disciple Pak Sŏngwŏn 朴聖源 (1697–1767). Later, Yi Chae’s grandson Yi Ch’ae 李采 (1745–1820) continued to prepare the manuscript and the first woodblock prints were produced in 1844. The Sarye p’yŏllam became the most widely used compact handbook for the four rituals in the diverse and ever-changing ritual landscape of the late Chosŏn society.

The lecture will be delivered in English. You have two options to join the lecture:


1.       Scholars residing in Berlin are welcome to join us in person at the Simon Bolivar-Saal, Berlin State Library (Potsdamer Straße 33, 10785 Berlin). We kindly ask you to register in advance at: ostasienabt at sbb.spk-berlin.de<mailto:ostasienabt at sbb.spk-berlin.de>, and to let us know if you need barrier-free access. We would like like to inform you that the event will be filmed.

2.       The lecture will also be streamed and recorded via Webex. You can take part in the lecture using your browser without having to install special software. Here is the online access to the lecture:

https://spk-berlin.webex.com/wbxmjs/joinservice/sites/spk-berlin/meeting/download/b69d5dd75e0e447b872404b545b0ebae?siteurl=spk-berlin&MTID=m7df9dddc0e4da185f02858f9bd2d3c33

Looking forward to seeing you next Thursday!

Best,
Hu, Jing


Hu, Jing
胡靜 (호정)
Ostasienabteilung · Fachreferentin für Korea / Koreanistik
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Potsdamer Straße 33
10785 Berlin

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