George Kallander is Professor of History at Syracuse University, where he is also Director of the East Asia Program at the Moynihan Institute. He is author of The Diary of 1636: The Second Manchu Invasion of Korea (Columbia University Press, 2020) and Salvation through Dissent: Tonghak Heterodoxy and Early Modern Korea (University of Hawai’i Press, 2013). Kallander has received fellowships from the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton), the Academy of Korean Studies, and Columbia University.

This innovative study of premodern Korea explores vital issues like the nature of rulership, foreign relations, and the state’s efforts to extract human and animal resources throughout the realm. It is an inspired—and inspiring—illustration of how to integrate Korea into the broader span of eastern Eurasian history.

• List of Illustrations List of Kings Introduction: Why Animals and the Hunt? Wild Beasts on a Premodern Peninsula Koryŏ and the Empire of the Hunt Growth, Transformation and Challenge in the Late-14th and Early 15th Centuries Confucian Beasts: Human–Animal Relations in Early Chosŏn Stalking the Forests: The Military on the Chase in the Mid-15th Century Challenges to the Royal Military Kangmu Hunt Public Animals, Private Hunts and Royal Authority in the 15th Century Release the Falcons: A King in a Confucian Court Taming Wild Animals and Beastly Monarchs Conclusion: Legacies of the Hunt in Politics, Society and Empire Bibliography Index

George Kallander is Professor of History at Syracuse University, where he is also Director of the East Asia Program at the Moynihan Institute. He is author of The Diary of 1636: The Second Manchu Invasion of Korea (Columbia University Press, 2020) and Salvation through Dissent: Tonghak Heterodoxy and Early Modern Korea (University of Hawai’i Press, 2013). Kallander has received fellowships from the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton), the Academy of Korean Studies, and Columbia University.

This innovative study of premodern Korea explores vital issues like the nature of rulership, foreign relations, and the state’s efforts to extract human and animal resources throughout the realm. It is an inspired—and inspiring—illustration of how to integrate Korea into the broader span of eastern Eurasian history.

• List of Illustrations List of Kings Introduction: Why Animals and the Hunt? Wild Beasts on a Premodern Peninsula Koryŏ and the Empire of the Hunt Growth, Transformation and Challenge in the Late-14th and Early 15th Centuries Confucian Beasts: Human–Animal Relations in Early Chosŏn Stalking the Forests: The Military on the Chase in the Mid-15th Century Challenges to the Royal Military Kangmu Hunt Public Animals, Private Hunts and Royal Authority in the 15th Century Release the Falcons: A King in a Confucian Court Taming Wild Animals and Beastly Monarchs Conclusion: Legacies of the Hunt in Politics, Society and Empire Bibliography Index

George Kallander is Professor of History at Syracuse University, where he is also Director of the East Asia Program at the Moynihan Institute. He is author of The Diary of 1636: The Second Manchu Invasion of Korea (Columbia University Press, 2020) and Salvation through Dissent: Tonghak Heterodoxy and Early Modern Korea (University of Hawai’i Press, 2013). Kallander has received fellowships from the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton), the Academy of Korean Studies, and Columbia University.

This innovative study of premodern Korea explores vital issues like the nature of rulership, foreign relations, and the state’s efforts to extract human and animal resources throughout the realm. It is an inspired—and inspiring—illustration of how to integrate Korea into the broader span of eastern Eurasian history.

• List of Illustrations List of Kings Introduction: Why Animals and the Hunt? Wild Beasts on a Premodern Peninsula Koryŏ and the Empire of the Hunt Growth, Transformation and Challenge in the Late-14th and Early 15th Centuries Confucian Beasts: Human–Animal Relations in Early Chosŏn Stalking the Forests: The Military on the Chase in the Mid-15th Century Challenges to the Royal Military Kangmu Hunt Public Animals, Private Hunts and Royal Authority in the 15th Century Release the Falcons: A King in a Confucian Court Taming Wild Animals and Beastly Monarchs Conclusion: Legacies of the Hunt in Politics, Society and Empire Bibliography Index