An Chunggŭn: His Life and Thought in His Own Words: (5 Brill's Korean Studies Library)

In An Chunggŭn: His Life and Thought in his own Words, Jieun Han and Franklin Rausch provide a complete translation of all of An’s writings and excerpts from his trial and appeal. Though An is most famous for killing Itō Hirobumi, the contents of this volume show that there was much more to him than that. For instance, far from being anti-Japanese, An thought deeply about how China, Japan, and Korea could work together to build a regional peace that would eventually spread throughout the world. Now, for the first time, all of An’s extant writings have been assembled together into an English translation that includes annotations and an introduction that places An and his works in their historical context. This translation was funded by the Institute of Korean Studies, Yonsei University.

Table of Contents:
List of Figures Introduction: An Chunggŭn’s Pioneering Idea and Design for a Pax Humanus Centered on Humanism, Asian Integration, and Perpetual Peace Translators’ Introduction 1 安應七歷史 / History of An Ŭngch’il  壹千九百九年旧十一月一日 (十二月十三日) 始述 / Begun the first day of the eleventh month (December 13), 1909 2 Miscellaneous Writings  On Uniting Human Hearts  The Thoughts of the Korean An Ŭngch’il  An’s Final Farewell  An’s Final Statement 3 Excerpts from An Chunggŭn’s Trials  Excerpt from the Transcripts of the First Trial Session  Excerpt from the Transcripts of the Third Trial Session  Transcripts of the Fifth Trial Session  Excerpt from the Transcripts of the Sixth Trial Session 4 Notes on An’s Post-trial Hearing 5 Prison Report 6 東洋平和論 / On Peace in the East  東洋平和論 序 / On Peace in the East: Introduction  東洋平和論 目錄 / On Peace in the East: Table of Contents  前鑑 / Mirror of the Past 7 Prison Letters  An’s Prison Letters 8 An Chunggŭn’s Calligraphy Afterword Appendix 1: A Brief Timeline of An Chunggŭn’s Life Appendix 2: The Genealogy of An Chunggŭn Appendix 3: Map of An Chunggŭn’s Activities Bibliography Index

About the Author :
Franklin Rausch, Ph.D. (2011), University of British Columbia, is Associate Professor of History at Lander University. He has published translations and articles on East Asia, with a focus on Korean Catholicism and An Chunggŭn. Jieun Han, Ph.D. (2017), Yonsei University, is a senior researcher of the Academy of East Asian Studies, Sungkyunkwan University. She has published articles and translations on Korean historic figures, including An Chunggŭn.

Review :
"In the many cases in which multiple versions of a source have survived, Han and Rausch are careful to correlate them, note any discrepancies between them, and identify questions posed by such differences. They are also completely transparent about the vagaries of the translation process. As such, an additional benefit of this work is in providing a model of careful and meticulous translation of sources that are impenetrable to many present-day readers." – Kirk Larsen, in Acta Koreana 25.2 (2022)