"The Legend of Xu Sheng"

…This work developed measures to improve agricultural techniques and the land system. In addition, in “The Story of the Yangban,” a notable work in the history of Korean novels, he sharply satirized the vanity and corruption of the yangban class, and in “The Story of Heosaeng,” he described the realization of an ideal society through the development of an uninhabited island by a group of bandits. His ally was Hong Dae-yong, the leading astronomy and mathematician of the Silhak school, and he was admired by Park Jae-ga, Yi Deok-mo, and Yu Deok-gong of the Northern school. …

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…これは農業技術と土地制度の改善策を展開したものである。また，朝鮮小説史上特筆すべき作品である《両班（ヤンバン）伝》では両班階級の虚飾と腐敗を鋭い風刺であばき，《許生伝》では群盗たちの無人島開拓による理想社会の実現を描写した。その盟友には実学派随一の天文･数学者洪大容がおり，北学派の俊秀朴斉家，李徳懋（りとくぼう），柳得恭らが彼に私淑した。…

※「《許生伝》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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