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Book Review by Dr. Ken Gardiner

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Book Review by Dr. Ken Gardiner
Article
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Journal
ASIAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA
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Language
English(English)
Country
AUSTRALIA
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Book
Memoirs of a Korean queen
Writer
Hyegyeong-Gung Hong
Translator
Choe-Wall Yang-hi

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  • Hyegyeong-Gung Hong
  • Birth : 1735 ~ 1815
  • Occupation : Essayist
  • First Name : Hyegyeonggunghongssi
  • Family Name : Hyegyeonggung
  • Korean Name : 혜경궁 홍씨
  • ISNI : 0000000117947733
  • Works : 13
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Pre-modern East Asian historical writing was almost invariably official. Thus, in China, from the 7th century onwards, committees of historian compiled, from court records, a definitive account of individual reigns; in contrast, a private account of history lived through could be construed as an act of lèse-majestè_. Similar Condition prevailed in Korea. In such circumstances it is remarkable that a private memoir such as this could have survived at all; when we consider that it was written by someone close to the centre of political power, and that furthermore this someone was actually a woman, its exceptional nature is readily appreciable.

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