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- “Kŭmo sinhwa”
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- Neo-Confucianism
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Kim Sisŭp
Korean author
Also known as: Kim Shi-Sŭp
Kim Sisŭp, Korean author during the early Choson period (1392–1598). His five stories contained in the Kŭmo sinwha (“New Stories from Golden Turtle Mountain”) are written in Chinese in the tradition of the ch’uan-ch’i. The subject material of these stories include love affairs between mortals and ghosts and dream journeys to the Underworld or to the Dragon Palace. He promoted the unity of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism but is especially remembered for his Neo-Confucian views.
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