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Data for a description of Korea

Vsesoiuznoe Geograficheskoe Obshchestvo, Izviestiia2 (2) • Published In 1866 • Pages: 31-41

By: Anonymous, Bromwhich, Leo, Archimandrite Paladii.

Abstract
This document contains some interesting information on upper-class styles of life and characteristic privileges. Further data on the integration of ancestor worship and the class structure is included. The over-all treatment is sketchy, yet the information, in most respects, agrees with other sources and in some areas extends the range of information on the yangban class in Korea. A brief discussion of the examination system, educational practices, and talent mobility is also interwoven into the text.
Subjects
Accumulation of wealth
Classes
Education system
culture
Korea
HRAF PubDate
1998
Region
Asia
Sub Region
East Asia
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Unknown
Document Rating
3: Good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent
Analyst
ER ; 1951 ; MStJ ; 1952
Field Date
No date
Coverage Date
not specified
Coverage Place
Korea
Notes
an anonymous document ; translated into English by Leo Bromwhich
This is an English translation of 'Materialy dlia opisaniia Korei' a portion of a Russian translation by the Russian sinologist, Archimandrite Paladii, of an unknown Chinese source published in Peking around 1850.
The original Russian text is not included
Translated from the Russian for HRAF by Leo Bromwhich
LCSH
Koreans