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`The sixth collection of the Korean literature series being issued this year features Yolha Diary by Park Ji-won, Obu Sasisa (The Fisherman`s Calendar) by Yun Seon-do, The Nine-Cloud Dream by Kim Man-jung. Tears of Blood by Yi In-jin, and From the Sun to a Child by Choe Nam-seon. Yolha Diary Yolha Diary was written by Park Ji-won (1737-1805) during the reign of King Jongjo. Park kept a diary of his four-month-long journey to Beijing as a member of a Korean diplomatic mission dispatched to celebrate the birthday of Emperor Kojong of Ch`ing China in 1780. In it, Park descibed various aspects of contemporary Chinise life ranging from its history, geography, and customs to politics, economics, religion, literature, and arts, all which he had observed on the streets of Beijing and Yolha. The Fisherman`s Calendar The Fisherman`s Calendar is one of the most notable achivements of Yun Seon-do (1587-1671). Written in 1651 during the reign of King Hyojong of the Choson dynasty, this cycle of 40 poems gives a vivid depiction of the scenic beauty offered by seasonal change on Pogil-do island, one of the poet`s favorite retreats, and extols the idyllic life of a fisherman, away from the cares of the world. The Nine-Cloud Dream The Nine-Cloud Dream (1689) was written in exile by Kim Man-jung (1637-1692), who intended it to comfort his mother. This romance concerns a Buddhist monk Sungjin, who begins to doubt the Buddihist teachings after he drinks alcohol and encounters eight beautiful fairies. He dreams of all sorts of secular pleasures, but then he and the eight fairies are awakened to the inner depth of his spirit and enter into the bliss of Heaven. Tears of Blood Tears of Blood (1906) by Yi In-jik (1862-1916) is the first modern novel written in Korea. Taking as tis themes the longing for a civillized society and vehement opposition to arranged marriages, this novel presents a cross-section of the period after the end of the Chinise-Japanise War and offers a vision for the dawning future by tracing the life of its heroine Oknyun as she makes her way form Korea to Japan and across the Pacific Ocean to America. From the Sea to a Child This inspiring poem by Choe Nam-seon (1890-1957) was published in the first issue of the magazine Sonyon (Child) in 1908, givnig birth to modern poetry of free pillar of the future, the poet preaches that children should leave behind vestiges of the old age and boldly venture out into the new world. `