Legends in Classical Chinese

Story of Ch’un-hyang is in essence a story of marvel; i.e. a 传奇—a “legend”. Confucian scholar-officials shun this type of work as a function of it talking about fantastical scenes.

In some sense similar to the online novel scene now: reasonably interesting but not analyzed in serious scholarship.

Joseon period social liberality was largely destroyed by Japanese colonial invasion.

Consider

• who is the narrator?
• when does the narrator sing a song
• what are the function of excessive details?
• where are the puns and why?