A Genealogy of Dissent: The Progeny of Fallen Royals in Chosŏn Korea

by Eugene Y Park and Eugene Y. Park

In early modern Korea, the Chosŏn state conducted an extermination campaign against the Kaesŏng Wang, descendants of the preceding Koryŏ dynasty. It was so thorough that most of today's descendants are related to a single survivor. Before long, however, the Chosŏn dynasty sought to bolster its legitimacy as the successor of Koryŏ by rehabilitating the surviving Wangs-granting them patronage for performing ancestral rites...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503602087
• ISBN13: 9781503602083
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.1"