Kuunmong
Kim, Manjung
Kuunmong: The Cloud Dream of the Nine
A Korean novel: a story of true faith tested by worldly ambition, set in Tang Dynasty China, a love story, and a classic expression of Confucian values in conflict with Buddhist beliefs.
By Kim Manjung (1617-1682), a public servant and courtier at the highest level, later a political exile, in seventeenth century Korea.
Translated by James S. Gale (1863-1937), one of the most important early figures in the...