Reprimands and Admonitions

Reprimands and Admonitions (Chingbirok) is a record of the events surrounding the Japanese invasion of Korea later known as the Imjin War (1592–1598). The author, government minister Ryu Songnyong, vividly portrays all the major developments of the crisis, as well as the men who were involved in it. This revised and well-annotated translation by Professor Choi Byonghyon brings to the modern reader the author's seasoned wisdom and sincere efforts to overcome serious national crises.

Ryu Songnyong (1547–1607) was a neo-Confucian scholar of Korea.

Choi Byonghyon is professor of American literature at Honam University, Korea.