Nanjung Ilgi
| Korean spelling | |
|---|---|
| Korean alphabet : | 난중 일기 |
| Hanja : | 亂 中 日記 |
| Revised Romanization : | Nanjung Ilgi |
| McCune-Reischauer : | Nanjung Ilgi |
The Nanjung Ilgi ( Korean : 난중 일기 ) are handwritten diary entries of the Korean admiral Yi Sun-sin ( 이순신 ) (1545–1598), which he made during his operations in the Imjin War ( 임진 왜란 ) against the Japanese invaders from 1592 to 1598 . The records are unique in the world in that they describe the admiral's personal views, his feelings, weather observations, topographies of the battlefield and the course of the battles, as well as the lives of ordinary people. Some poems that people recited in those days can also be found in the books.
Admiral Yi Sun-sin
Yi Sun-sin lived during the Joseon Dynasty ( 조선 왕조 ) (1392-1910), entered military service in 1580 and showed special military qualities in some battles against the invading Manchurians from the north . This led to King Seonjo ( 선조 ) (1552-1608) sending him to the province of Jeolla to defend the country at sea . Yi Sun-sin began building the Geobukseon ships ( 거북선 ) there and defeated the Japanese naval force in several sea battles.
His diaries
From the diaries of Admiral Yi Sun-sin, which originally consisted of eight volumes, seven volumes have survived and have a total of 205 pages. His notes, which he kept with him for over seven years, begin on January 1, 1592 and end a few days before his death, which overtook him with a bullet in his last victorious naval battle on November 16, 1598. The books all have their own names, which are taken from the zodiac signs of the Chinese calendar and are listed here below:
Imjin Ilgi
The Imjin Ilgi ( 임진 일기 ) contains a total of 27 pages, covers the fighting of the Imjin year 1592 and in this, the periods from February 1st to March 22nd, from May 1st to May 4th, from May 29th until June 10th and August 24th to August 28th, and fights from February 1st to March 2nd of the year 1593, referred to as the Gyesa year in the book.
Gyesa Ilgi
The Gyesa Ilgi ( 계사 일기 ) contains a total of 30 pages and describes the rest of the Gyesa year, starting from May 1st to September 15th.
Gabo Ilgi
The Gabo Ilgi ( 가보 일기 ) contains a total of 52 pages and describes the battles from January 1st to November 28th of the year 1594.
Eulmi Ilgi
The Eulmi Ilgi ( 을미 일기 ), which described the year 1595, is no longer available.
Byeongsin Ilgi
The Byeongsin Ilgi ( 병신 일기 ) contains a total of 41 pages on which the fighting of the Byeongsin year is documented. They cover the period from January 1 to October 11, 1596.
Jeongyu Ilgi
The Jeongyu Ilgi ( 정유 일기 ) contains a total of 27 pages of the Jeongyu year with descriptions from April 1st to October 8th.
Sok Jeongyu Ilgi
The Sok Jeongyu Ilgi ( 속 정유 일기 ) contains a total of 20 pages and refers to the period from August 4, 1597 to January 4, 1598.
Musul Ilgi
The Musul Ilgi ( 무술 일기 ) contains the last 8 pages of his last combat operations, which are documented from September 15 to October 7, 1598.
World document heritage
In 2013, the appointed UNESCO the Nanjung Ilgi the World Soundtrack Awards and took the collection in the Memory of the World Register on.
literature
- Tae-Hung Ha : Nanjung Ilgi: War Diary of Admiral Yi Sun-sin . Ed .: Yonsei University Press . Seoul 1977, ISBN 978-89-7141-018-9 (English).
- Cultural Heritage Administration of the Republic of Kore (ed.): Nanjung Ilgi: War Diary of Admiral Yi Sun-sin . Seoul 2012 (English, online [PDF; 114 kB ; retrieved on November 11, 2018] Application to UNESCO for recognition of Nanjung Ilgi as World Document Heritage).
- Marc Jason Gilbert : Admiral Yi Sun-Shin, the Turtle Ships, and Modern Asian History . In: Association for Asian Studies (Ed.): Education about ASIA . Volume 12, Number 1 . Seoul 2007, p. 29-35 (English).
Web links
- World Document Heritage - Nanjung Ilgi: Admiral Yi Sun-sin's War Diary (2013). In: Visit Korea . Korea Tourism Organization , September 9, 2016, accessed November 11, 2018 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nanjung Ilgi: War Diary of Admiral Yi Sun-sin . 2012, p. 1 .
- ^ Gilbert : Admiral Yi Sun-Shin, the Turtle Ships, and Modern Asian History . In: Education about ASIA . 2007, p. 29 ff .
- ↑ Nanjung Ilgi: War Diary of Admiral Yi Sun-sin . 2012, p. 2 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i Nanjung Ilgi: War Diary of Admiral Yi Sun-sin . 2012, p. 2 f .
- ↑ Nanjung Ilgi: War Diary of Admiral Yi Sun-sin . In: Memory of the World Register . UNESCO , 2013, accessed November 11, 2018 .
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