Chong Yagyong (1762–1863), who wrote under the pen name Tasan, was one of Korea’s greatest Confucian scholars. Award-winning writer and scholar Choi Byonghyon has devoted himself to the English tra...view moreChong Yagyong (1762–1863), who wrote under the pen name Tasan, was one of Korea’s greatest Confucian scholars. Award-winning writer and scholar Choi Byonghyon has devoted himself to the English translation of Korean classics over the last two decades, and his translation of The Book of Corrections: Reflections on the National Crisis on the Japanese Invasion of Korea 1592-1597 won the translation award from Korea Literature Translation Institute. He is currently working on a dictionary for the English translation of Korean classics.view less