Language Korean Country South Korea | ||
Similar Nanjung Ilgi, The Cloud Dream of the Nine, Hong Gildong jeon, Geumo Sinhwa, Samguk Sagi | ||
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Yeolha Ilgi, or Jehol Journal, or Jehol Diary, is the work of the Joseon dynasty silhak scholar Bak Jiwon 朴趾源 (1737–1805). Bak, also known by his pen name of Yeon'am (燕巖), made an extensive tour of what was then the northern territory of the Chinese Qing Empire (including Shenyang, Beijing and Rehe Province) in 1780 in the company of his cousin. Bak's cousin had been dispatched to the Qing imperial court by the Joseon king Jeongjo to attend the 70th birthday celebrations of the Qianlong Emperor. As the title suggests, the Yeolha Ilgi (the result of the trip) takes the form of a travelogue. However, the scope of the diary is vast, covering such disparate topics as history, customs, natural surroundings, politics, economics, and poetry. Both the scope of the work and the quality of its writing have earned it a place as a masterpiece and an important source for Chinese and Korean historians.
Contents
A partial English translation was published in 2010 under the title The Jehol Diary.
Contents
The Yeolha Ilgi is divided into twenty-six chapters in ten volumes. The chapter headings are as follows:
Prologue (서 序)