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Re: Life-size reconstruction of 6th century servant girl.

JL Badgley — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 22:14:49 GMT

Awesome! -Jeong

Life-size reconstruction of 6th century servant girl.

Quokkaqueen — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:57:10 GMT

"A life-size model of a young girl from the 6th-century Gaya Kingdom (42-562) was revealed in Seoul, Wednesday. The model, constructed from the

Laurel Office Request: Correction of URL

JL Badgley — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:52:46 GMT

Ever get frustrated by how the name and device rules work? Especially for those of us "fringies" who like to explore history outside an Anglo-Celtic-French

A review of Kenneth Swope's book on the Japanese invasion of Korea

JL Badgley — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:35:54 GMT

'Superior Title, Inferior Book?-Kenneth Swope?s ?A Dragon?s Head and a Serpent?s Tail? ' As you may guess from the title, the reviewer didn't think

Re: [SCA-China] Tuho/ Arrow Tossing

Quokkaqueen — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 22:58:18 GMT

After realizing I can't read, or notice identical drawings and photos, I suspect the tuho pot I linked to before is traditionally believed to belong to the

Re: Honorifics in Korean

Quokkaqueen — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:38:18 GMT

A quick update on the honorifics discussion. There is an absolutely heart-breaking letter that has been found, from the grave of Lee Eung Tae, who died in June

Re: [SCA-China] Tuho/ Arrow Tossing

Quokkaqueen — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:46:52 GMT

The Korean ones I've been able to find are rarely dated more specifically than Joseon dynasty, which is why I thought it might be worth looking into Chinese

Re: [SCA-China] Tuho/ Arrow Tossing

JL Badgley — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:11:26 GMT

That one is pretty complicated, but I've definitely seen it, and it is period, at least in China and Japan (though I don't know that it was as popular there).

Re: Medieval Uzbek-Korean relations

JL Badgley — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 06:43:01 GMT

That's awesome! I'm CC'ing some other groups that might be interested. I'm always interested in Central Eurasian history and cross-cultural influences. ...

Medieval Uzbek-Korean relations

Quokkaqueen — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:52:34 GMT

For people who haven't heard about it yet: The National Museum of Korea has an exhibition on called The Crossroads of Civilizations: Ancient Culture of

Terracotta Warriors in DC

JL Badgley — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 03:34:29 GMT

I've heard really good things about the Terracotta Warrior exhibit in DC (the end of a long tour). I don't know that it will be there much longer, but anyone

Re: Honorifics in Korean

quokkaqueen — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:43:48 GMT

<> ... <> ... You're right about the hanja! http://handic.nate.com/dicsearch/view.html?o=1&i=2453 Thank-you for making that important connection,

Re: Honorifics in Korean

JL Badgley — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 07:24:56 GMT

... Neat, thanks. I suspect 'ssi' to be the Chinese and Japanese "shi". In China and Japan, it is used as mentioned, to indicate a general "Mr." This is the

Re: Honorifics in Korean

quokkaqueen — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 06:57:15 GMT

I haven't been able to find much, but I have found a dated use for the -ssi suffix. Source: Martin, S.E. 1992 "A Reference Grammar of Korean" (Tokyo: Charles

Re: Honorifics in Korean

quokkaqueen — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:56:48 GMT

All I can think, is that up until the 16th century, the language was (what is now known as) Middle Korean, so you may have more luck looking for Middle Korean