Naehun

Naehun (Instructions for women, 내훈, 內訓) is the first known book written by a woman in Korea. It is written as a Confucian guidebook for women. The book is one of the most representative books which reflects social construction of gender and sexuality based on Confucian ideals in premodern East Asia. It has a modern value in that it becomes a unique Korean history material with various Korean royal court vocabulary describing appropriate behavior for a woman in accordance with Confucian cultures.

Naehun

Naehun (Instructions for women, 내훈, 內訓) is the first known book written by a woman in Korea. It is written as a Confucian guidebook for women. The book is one of the most representative books which reflects social construction of gender and sexuality based on Confucian ideals in premodern East Asia. It has a modern value in that it becomes a unique Korean history material with various Korean royal court vocabulary describing appropriate behavior for a woman in accordance with Confucian cultures.