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Selected publications

  • Booklist: Pre-modern texts - non-fiction (45 titles)
    • Review: Na Man’gap – the Diary of 1636

      Na Man’gap’s Diary of 1636, as George Kallander explains in his informative introduction, is the longest known private account of the second Manchu invasion of Korea. Na (1592 – 1642) was a senior scholar-official who was with the King and court inside Namhansanseong – he was in charge of military rations – throughout the siege … [Read More]