Compiled by Yi In-baek. 63 folding leaves. Three kwon in one vol. Large 8vo (302 x 204 mm.), orig. semi-stiff wrappers, new stitching. Korea: 1816.

A biographical record compiled and published in 1816 by Yi In-baek, preserving the literary works and official documents of his ancestor Yi Maeng-jŏn (1392-1480, pen-name Kyŏng-ŭn 耕隱, “Cultivating in Reclusion”). He was one of the “Six Survivors,” six officials who disapproved of King Sejŏ (r. 1455-68) after the latter’s usurpation of the throne from his nephew King Dangjong. These six scholarly officials did not die as martyrs but went into retiredment and avoided government service... More