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Post by Shaughraun on Jul 4, 2005 19:51:25 GMT -5
I've been reading Nanjung Ilgi, Yi's diary during the war and I noticed something kind of strange. It seems YSS was sick pretty often, and it sometimes went on for days, or weeks. Sweating, stomach pains, all manner of ill health. Does anyone know what this was about? Was it related to his bullet wound? Food poisoning? Flu? Malaria? Thank you.
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Post by JP Paulus on Jul 4, 2005 22:28:04 GMT -5
I've been reading Nanjung Ilgi, Yi's diary during the war and I noticed something kind of strange. It seems YSS was sick pretty often, and it sometimes went on for days, or weeks. Sweating, stomach pains, all manner of ill health. Does anyone know what this was about? Was it related to his bullet wound? Food poisoning? Flu? Malaria? Thank you. Do you know the dates...? That might help us see if there's a correlation. Perhaps we'll see this in future episodes.
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Post by FrederickII on Jul 5, 2005 0:25:09 GMT -5
My guess is he, like most people back then, were more prone to sickness. keep in mind the food probably wasnt the most sanitary.
i read that he came down with typhoid and recovered in 12 days.
btw, do you know where i can get a copy of his war diary in english?
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Post by Shaughraun on Jul 5, 2005 3:51:34 GMT -5
JP, the diary only covers the war years. Since his wound was early on, and there is nothing preceding his wound, it's hard to know if there is a relationship.
Frederick, Nanjung Ilgi (Diary), and Imjin Changch'o (Memorials to Court) are available from Han Books. Note that his name is spelled Yi Sun-Sin. Enjoy!
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Post by Melissa on Nov 4, 2005 15:14:37 GMT -5
Yes, i noticed in the diary that he seemed sick very often. He was always having stomach problems, sweating and having headaches. I also noticed that he really seemed to miss his mom a lot, and wrote about her often. I kind of think that he was much older than the actor who portrays him and he must have been in his 60's when he died, which must be pretty old for back then.
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Post by pakyownage4eva on Nov 4, 2005 21:29:20 GMT -5
I believe he died at the age of 54. I want to read his famed diary. aw...he thought about his mom a lot. how sweet
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Post by melissa on Nov 4, 2005 22:37:22 GMT -5
Yes, the are many references to his mother in the diary, but very few of his wife. In the diary he also mentions several visits to the base by his sons and nefews, so he seemed o be in regular contact with his family You can get the diary from hanbooks.com. But yes, it does seem as though he was rather sickly at times.
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Post by roxelanahybrida on Nov 7, 2005 12:03:52 GMT -5
I just got the War Diaries in the mail on Friday(YAY!) and it ocurred to me that a lot of the Admiral's illnesses sound stress related-he certainly was under enough stress that it could have manifested itself physically.
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Post by kathleen34 on Nov 7, 2005 17:09:40 GMT -5
In reading his diary, I too noticed how often he mentioned his discomfort. Those who have this book also know that he began each entry with a brief description of the day's weather. Lots and lots and LOTS of rain ... you got the feeling that most of the time it was raining. We never really saw this in the series. So if in fact, as his diary indicated, being cold and damp in the wintertime and stifled by humidity in the summertime, it's not unusual for him to have noted his ongoing maladies. while the ships were well built, I cannot imagine how awful it would be to endure cold October rains ... and forget humidity... I digress... For story-telling purposes, they did indeed cut out the sickdays. While reading the diary, you just feel so badly for him... and all his men and women who worked so hard to keep Chosun safe. They accomplished so much under such awful circumstances Amen.
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Post by navalpower89 on Nov 7, 2005 19:25:04 GMT -5
Long live our great nation of Chosun~!!
Long live Admiral YSS~!!
Man, Korea is such an ownage country. We're so awesome.
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Post by melissa on Nov 7, 2005 20:54:47 GMT -5
I thought that it was cool how he wrote about the weather conditions. I also thought it was interesting that there was a big gap in the writing just when he was arrested and was not able to keep the diary. I wonder if he was tortured like they show on the TV program? That was pretty intense if that's what actually happend.
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Post by TheBo on Nov 8, 2005 12:58:37 GMT -5
...Man, Korea is such an ownage country... Hmmm...does this "ownage" thing have anything to do with pakyownage's screen name? Bo
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Post by moreshige unlogged on Nov 8, 2005 20:02:26 GMT -5
uh, navelpower89, you sound a little over-zealous there.
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Post by pakyownage4eva on Nov 8, 2005 20:28:11 GMT -5
uh, navelpower89, you sound a little over-zealous there. Definately. I would've replied in your "Admiral Yi's Swordmanship" topic but apparently, it was closed.
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Post by hani on Nov 8, 2005 22:37:06 GMT -5
In reading his diary I also noticed how often he mentioned that he didn't feel well and did't go to work. I felt so sorry for him. But it was really really frequent that he was sick. I also agree that this sickness is related to his stress and that was kind of severe case of ulcer or something like that. Think of all what he had to go through. When I was reading this diary, as other people mentioned before, I was so impressed how family oriented man YSS was. So many comments on his mother and his sons. He was constantly concerned of his family except his wife. I noticed only once when he mentioned about his wife. That was when Myon passed away. YSS was saying that his aging wife must be weeping. I hope my memory was incorrect.
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