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Irrespective of my trivial suggestions, Cho's new discourse helps expand our understanding of premodern textual practice in a sociocultural context. Cho contends that this format originated in vernacular Korean letters in the late fifteenth century, which influenced literary Chinese letters by the late sixteenth century. Cho Hwisang begins I The Power of the Brush i with an analogy between Choson epistolary practice and today's internet culture. [Extracted from the article]

A review of the book "Women and Confucianism in Chosŏn Korea: New Perspectives," edited by Youngmin Kim and Michael J. Pettid, is presented.