Sheep Watching Record

Japanese: 看羊録 - かんようろく

This is a collection of writings by Kang Gyong, a Korean civil servant of the Yi Dynasty, who secretly reported on the internal affairs of Japan to his home government. He was captured when Toyotomi Hideyoshi invaded Korea in 1598 and imprisoned in Fushimi, Kyoto. He recorded his conversations with Fujiwara Seika at Shokoku-ji Temple in Kyoto and the Mimizuka mound at Hoko-ji Temple in Kyoto, and many other interesting contents that give insight into Japan at that time. Upon returning to Korea in 1600, Kang Gyong titled this collection of writings Kinsharoku (Records of the Chariot), claiming to be a criminal, but his disciples named it Kanyangroku (Records of the Watching Sheep), in reference to the integrity of Su Wu of the Han dynasty, and passed it down to posterity.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

朝鮮，李朝の文臣姜沆（きようこう）が，日本の内情を秘密裏に本国政府に報告した文集。1598年豊臣秀吉の朝鮮出兵時に捕虜となり，京都伏見に幽閉されていた彼は，京都相国寺の藤原惺窩との対話や，京都方広寺の耳塚のことなどを記録にとどめ，当時の日本を知るうえで興味ある内容が多い。1600年帰国した姜沆はみずからを罪人としてこの文集を《巾車（きんしや）録》と題したが，門人が漢の蘇武の節義になぞらえて《看羊録》と名付け後世に伝えた。

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