Kyuhap ch'ongsŏ
Kyuhap ch'ongsŏ, or Encyclopedia of Women's Lives, is a compendium of advice for women, written by Yi Pinghŏgak in 1809 during the Korean Joseon Dynasty.
Composition
- Chusaŭi : making jang, alcoholic beverages, bap, tteok, yugwa, banchan, among others.
- Pongimch'ik : making clothing, a process of dyeing, weaving, embroidery, sericulture, soldering dishware, lightening.
- Sangarak : farming, gardening, raising livestock
- Ch'ŏngnanggyŏl : taegyo, methods of childrearing, knowledge of first aid and medicine to be avoided
- Sulsuryak : knowledge of choosing a house, talismans, folkloric ways to drive away evil spirits.