Korean Songs and Verses

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Series Preface xi
4. Illustrations and Tables xiii
5. Acknowledgments xv
6. Introduction 1
7. Bibliography 50
8. PART ONE Pen Pictures of Old Korea
9. Korean Songs and Verses 59
10. Eternal Life 73
11. Tobacco in Korea 79
12. Concerning the Occult 85
13. A Note of Warning 91
14. On and Off the Street Car 94
15. A Sample of Korean Labour Song 100
16. Marriage in Korea 104
17. Pak’s Experiences 108
18. The Mystery of It 113
19. The Family Line 116
20. Korea’s Electric Shocks 119
21. Broken Earthenware 129
22. Unconscious Korea 133
23. Korean Literature 142
24. A New Style of Courtship 153
25. Korea’s Receding Pantheon 158
26. Stone Fights 169
27. Standing for One’s Rights 174
28. That Old Dragon 182
29. Happy Yi 185
30. My Lord the Elephant 193
31. The Displeasure of the Rain God 198
32. Korean New Year’s 202
33. The Korean Woman 206
34. Korea’s Preparation for the Bible 210
35. The Waning Eunuch 216
36. A Freak of Language 221
37. An Affair of State 225
38. Private Minting 228
39. A New Korean 230
40. The Burning of the Temple 234
41. A Royal Funeral 238
42. “Belong” Small Boxer 241
43. The Foreign “Squeezer” 245
44. The Awful Kim 250
45. Exit Kim 254
46. The Opening of War 257
47. Prospective 262
48. All Good Things Are Three 265
49. Japan’s Task in Korea 274
50. Where Are We? 284
51. As Regards the Fates 288
52. PART TWO Old Corea
53. Corean Literature and History 293
54. Corea’s Noted Women 339
55. Religious and Allied Themes 356
56. Father and Son 395
57. Social and Allied Subjects 403
58. Ancient Remains 445
59. Superstitions 470
60. Short Stories 485
61. Miscellaneous 511
62. Poems 537
63. The Story of Unyŏng (Unyŏng chŏn) 562
64. Conclusion 625
65. Bibliography 629
66. Index 645