Sangeosayo (Essential Knowledge for Mountain Life)

This is an expanded and edited version, by the Yuan-dynasty scholar Wang Ruwu, of the Sangeosayo (Four Essentials of Mountain Living) originally written by the Grand Astrologer Yang Yu; it comprises four volumes bound in one book. It sets out, classified by subject, four essential principles that people living in mountain villages need to know for daily life. The four principles are divided into seventy-four items, and under each item relevant cases, corroborating evidence, and prescriptions are described. The date of publication is unknown, as there is no preface or postscript by a Korean author, but judging from its state of preservation it appears to date from the reign of King Seongjong of Joseon. The book is a work on medicine needed for maintaining health, and is valued as a source for studying the publication of medical texts in the early Joseon period.

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Where it is

Region

Yeonsu-gu, Incheon

Designation

Treasure · 보물