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Mingxin Baojian (The Precious Mirror for Illuminating the Mind)明心寶鑑
A precious mirror for illuminating the mind. A book of maxims drawn from the classics and the hundred schools on how to live well, it was read in the village schools of Joseon right after the Thousand Character Classic. The eight songs of the Palban ga and Korean stories such as those of Son Sun, Ingwan and Hong Giseop are carried in it as well.
22 entries and 951 paragraphs fully translated. The modern Chinese annotations in the source text have been rendered as notes.
Appendix
- Appendix — The Newly Engraved Mingxin Baojian附新刻前賢切要明心寶鑑 · 124 passages · 1,975 Chinese characters
Main text
- A Woman's Conduct婦行篇 · 8 passages · 575 Chinese characters
- Making Friends交友篇 · 24 passages · 654 Chinese characters
- Speech言語篇 · 28 passages · 677 Chinese characters
- Observing Ritual遵禮篇 · 32 passages · 796 Chinese characters
- Holding to Rightness安義篇 · 6 passages · 311 Chinese characters
- Ordering the House治家篇 · 20 passages · 806 Chinese characters
- Governing治政篇 · 25 passages · 908 Chinese characters
- Establishing Teaching立教篇 · 17 passages · 1,167 Chinese characters
- Examining the Mind省心篇 · 248 passages · 6,074 Chinese characters
- Teaching Children訓子篇 · 18 passages · 901 Chinese characters
- Encouraging Learning勸學篇 · 30 passages · 939 Chinese characters
- Curbing the Nature戒性篇 · 16 passages · 677 Chinese characters
- Keeping the Mind存心篇 · 85 passages · 2,081 Chinese characters
- Contentment with One's Lot安分篇 · 29 passages · 992 Chinese characters
- Setting Oneself Right正己篇 · 120 passages · 3,845 Chinese characters
- Filial Conduct孝行篇 · 32 passages · 1,332 Chinese characters
- Following Destiny順命篇 · 17 passages · 318 Chinese characters
- The Principle of Heaven天理篇 · 21 passages · 458 Chinese characters
- Continuing in Goodness繼善篇 · 44 passages · 1,627 Chinese characters
- Preface序 · 7 passages · 646 Chinese characters