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Post by wardiary on Jul 16, 2005 23:12:21 GMT -5
does anyone know where to get the translated version of nan joong il gi ( yss's diary during the war)? i searched amazon.com but i couldn't find it. is it even available?
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Post by velvet inkbrush of YiSoonShin on Jul 17, 2005 5:42:53 GMT -5
go to hanbooks.com. just do a search on yi soon shin - you can find his memorials to court as well
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Post by kathleen34 on Jul 17, 2005 7:07:43 GMT -5
and to confirm velvet inkbrush's suggestion, I did exactly what he said ... and received my copy of the YSS War Diaries from Hanbooks within a week.
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Post by wangkon on Jul 21, 2005 15:36:16 GMT -5
You don't really want to get his war diaries. He mostly talks about playing baduk, drinking alot of soju and shooting arrows at targets every day. Overall, very boring. You want to get his memorials to court, or the "Imjin Changch'o" also available at Han Books.
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Post by Daemado on Jul 21, 2005 22:36:13 GMT -5
Also most of his diaries from 1592 are missing, so it's a bit of a disappointment.
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Post by Alexa on Jul 22, 2005 12:22:22 GMT -5
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Post by kathleen34 on Jul 23, 2005 9:11:20 GMT -5
You don't really want to get his war diaries. He mostly talks about playing baduk, drinking alot of soju and shooting arrows at targets every day. Overall, very boring. You want to get his memorials to court, or the "Imjin Changch'o" also available at Han Books. Thanks wangkon - I'm about 100 pages into War Diaries and was feeling guilty  because I wasn't getting a sense of 'war'it as much as I thought I would. Having read your comments ... and your recommendation to get Memorials to Court, I just ordered it. In defense of his War Diary, however, I did get a sense of YSS in a more personal way. So much RAIN.... and his sickness, and reference to mother and his sons  .... much the way we would 'journal' regarding day-to-day stuff... whereas if I were to keep a log of my actual workplace it would be the opposite... not so personal. ... the phrase WAR DIARIES is indeed misleading,  but still has merit ... funny though, in my minds eye I keep picturing OUR YSS,  not the real 16th Century YSS |
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Post by wardiary on Jul 26, 2005 10:20:51 GMT -5
wow, thanks a lot for all these info's. ;D i might get both of them cuz kathleen34 has a point. it might be boring but i think it'll be interesting to get into his personal daily life.
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Post by Daemado on Aug 9, 2005 13:51:39 GMT -5
Now that I've read more of the Nanjung Ilgi I have to agree with kathleen34. At one point YSS stops referring to Won Kyun as "Commander Won" and starts calling him simply "the wicked man." Let it suffice to say that he had good reason to be bitter.
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Post by e on Sept 4, 2005 1:15:46 GMT -5
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because I wasn't getting a sense of 'war'it as much as I thought I would.
.... much the way we would 'journal' regarding day-to-day stuff... whereas if I were to keep a log of my actual workplace it would be the opposite... not so personal.
but still has merit ... funny though, in my minds eye I keep picturing OUR YSS, 
not the real 16th Century YSS