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Yangban: The Art of Being a Korean Nobleman
Paperback
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Apr 25 2026
Pages: 48
Weight: 0.17
Height: 0.10 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
For five centuries, Korea's yangban class produced some of the most cultivated minds in Asian history. Scholars who mastered calligraphy, poetry, music, and philosophy while upholding a personal code that placed integrity above ambition and refinement above wealth.
Their world is gone. Their wisdom is not.
Modeled on the accessible, contemplative style of Ikigai and The Book of Tea, each short chapter distills a principle from the yangban way of life. The scholar's morning ritual. The ethics of the hanok home. Cheongbin, the pride of honorable poverty. Jeong, the bond that outlasts usefulness. Injeong, the art of bearing hardship with composure.
This is a book for anyone who senses that modern life moves too fast, rewards the wrong things, and mistakes noise for knowledge. The yangban faced the same temptations. They built a code to resist them.
Korea's greatest tradition of excellence, distilled for contemporary readers.
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