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Katherine Beaman reviews The Nine Cloud Dream by Kim Man-Jung

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Article
https://www.asymptotejournal.com/criticism/kim-man-jung-the-nine-cloud-dream/
Journal
Asymptote Journal
Issued Date
April 18, 2019
Page
-
Language
English(English)
Country
TAIWAN
City
Taipei
Book
The Nine Cloud Dream
Writer
Kim Man Jung
Translator
Heinz Insu Fenkle

About the Author

  • Kim Man Jung
  • Birth : 1637 ~ 1689
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Man Jung
  • Family Name : Kim
  • Korean Name : 김만중
  • ISNI : 0000000121349525
  • Works : 36
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  • English(English)

The Nine Cloud Dream (Guunmong, 구운몽, 九雲夢) is a seventeenth-century fictional work by Kim Man-Jung, a member of Korea’s ruling class and a political figure who was exiled toward the latter end of the Joseon dynasty. It was originally written in hanja, Chinese characters, the primary alphabet used for literature and letters in Korea at the time, as opposed to hangul, the Korean alphabet. Set in China during the Tang dynasty (618–907 AD), a period whose governmental structure was similar to that of Korea’s Joseon dynasty, The Nine Cloud Dream functioned as a cautionary tale, critical of the values of Korea’s then ruling monarch King Sukjong.

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