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Book/Printed Material Encyclopedia of Women's Life.

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Title

  • Encyclopedia of Women's Life.

Summary

  • Gyuhapchongseo (Encyclopedia of women's life) is an indispensable manual filled with advice for the female homemaker, written by Lady Bingheogak Yi in 1809, the ninth year of the rule of King Sunjo (reigned 1800--34) during the Joseon Dynasty. It covers five topics: Jusaui-making soy sauce and soybean paste, domestic alcoholic beverages, bap (cooked rice), rice cakes, and side dishes served alongside bap; Bongimchik-making clothes, dyeing, weaving by hand, embroidery, silkworm breeding, soldering cooking pots and kettles, and how to make fire; Sangarak-how to plow a field and how to raise livestock (horses, cows, and chickens); Cheongnanggyeol-prenatal training, methods of childrearing, methods of first aid, medicines to be avoided, and ways of cleaning dwelling places; and Sulsuryak-folkloric ways of driving away evil spirits and devils through talismans and incantation. The book was a must for aristocratic ladies to own.

Names

  • Yi, Bingheogak Author.

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1809.

Headings

  • -  Democratic People's Republic of Korea
  • -  Republic of Korea
  • -  1809
  • -  Home economics
  • -  Women

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 book; 35 x 22 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: National Library of Korea.
  • -  Content in Korean.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021667422

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Yi, Bingheogak Author. Encyclopedia of Women's Life. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1809] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667422/.

APA citation style:

Yi, B. A. (1809) Encyclopedia of Women's Life. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021667422/.

MLA citation style:

Yi, Bingheogak Author. Encyclopedia of Women's Life. [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 1809] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021667422/>.