Gyuhap chongseo

Gyuhap chongseo
Korean name
Hangul
규합총서
Hanja
閨閤叢書
Revised RomanizationGyuhap chongseo
McCune–ReischauerKyuhap ch'ongsŏ

Gyuhap chongseo (roughly translated as "Women's Encyclopedia") is a compendium of advice for women, written by Yi Bingheogak in 1809 during the Korean Joseon Dynasty.[1][2][3]

Composition

  • Jusaui (酒食議) : making jang (condiments), alcoholic beverages, bap (rice dish), tteok (rice cake), yugwa (fried puffed rice snack), banchan (small dishes) and among others.
  • Bongimchik (縫紝則) : making clothing, a process of dyeing, weaving, embroidery, sericulture, soldering dishware, lightening.
  • Sangarak (山家樂) : farming, gardening, raising livestock
  • Cheongnanggyeol (靑囊訣) : taegyo, methods of childrearing, knowledge of first aid and medicine to be avoided
  • Sulsuryak (術數略) : knowledge of choosing a house, talismans, folkloric ways to drive away evil spirits.

See also

References

  1. ^ "규합총서(閨閤叢書), Gyuhap chongseo" (in Korean and English). The Academy of Korean Studies.
  2. ^ 규합총서 (閨閤叢書) (in Korean). Empas / Britannica.
  3. ^ 규합총서 (閨閤叢書) (in Korean). Empas / EncyKorea.
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