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National Anthropological Archives
MS 7365 Paeksumum or Ch'ŏnjamun
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NAA.MS7365
- Creators:
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Dredge, Paul
- Dates:
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undated
- Languages:
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Undetermined.
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Composition of one thousand characters, arranged four to a line, each sentence complete in itself with no connection with the rest of the text. Includes a Korean translation and pronunciation for each ideograph in han'gŭl, together with etymological annotations. Used as a literary primer for teaching children in the classical educational system.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
The title, the white-haired essay, orginated from a story that a Chinese T'ang scholar, Chou Hsing-ssu was ordered by the emperor to make a composition of one thousand characters as a form of punishment. Chou completed the essay in a single night, but the effort was said to have turned his hair white.
Administration
Custodial History
Gift of the Virgil Hillyer Fund, collected in 1976. Transferred to the archives by Chang-su Houchins, November 1983.
Using the Collection
Citation
Manuscript 7365, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
More Information
Local Numbers
Local Numbers
NAA MS 7365
Translation of Title
Translation of Title
White-haired Essay or one thousand character essay
Local Note
Local Note
Data furnished by Chang-su Houchins of the Department of Anthropology. She consulted Rita Aero, Things Chinese, 1980.
Keywords
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| Language and languages -- Documentation | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Korean | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Chinese | Cultural Context | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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