For their generous help with this project, I would like to thank Hwang Jongyon, Sam Perry, Moss Roberts, Vincent Shen, and, most especially, Suh Jiyoung. This translation was initially undertaken with the help of a translator’s grant from the Korean Literature Translation Institute. A grant from the International Communication Foundation afforded me the time to further refine the manuscript. But still, this translation might not have reached any readers without support from Carol Gluck at the Weatherhead Institute and the dedication of Jennifer Crewe and all at Columbia University Press. I am extremely grateful, and I like to think that Yi T’aejun would be too.