Guunmong (The Cloud Dream of the Nine): A classic Korean tale of a monk's dream

11/06/2025 30 min

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Explore Guunmong (The Cloud Dream of the Nine): A classic Korean tale of a monk's dream journey through worldly ambition, love, and power. Uncover the profound Buddhist and Confucian lessons on illusion, desire, and enlightenment. A timeless spiritual epic.Works Cited"An Impossible Dream and Nightly Quests: The Quixotic Impulse in Kim Man-jung's Kuunmong and Nguyễn Du's Truyện Kiều." Studies in Religion and the Enlightenment, n.d.Beaman, Katherine. "Katherine Beaman reviews The Nine Cloud Dream by Kim Man-Jung." Asymptote Journal, vol. 9, no. 2, April 2019, https://www.asymptotejournal.com/criticism/kim-man-jung-the-nine-cloud-dream/.Bi, Johnathan. "The Nine Cloud Dream by Kim Manjung | Notes & Summary." Johnathan Bi, 26 Sep. 2019.Cho, Francisca. "A Literary Analysis of Kuunmong." The Cloud Dream of the Nine, translated by James S. Gale, Kurodahan Press, 2003, p. xii.Columbia Journal. "Review: The Nine Cloud Dream by Kim Man-Jung Translated by Heinz Insu Fenkl." Columbia Journal, 5 Apr. 2023.Cruz-Morales, Ajah. "The Nine Cloud Dream: A Deep Analysis." Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE), Central Washington University, 19 May 2022Digital Library of Korean Literature (LTI Korea). "Kim Man Jung(김만중)." Digital Library of Korean Literature (LTI Korea), 2019.Digital Library of Korean Literature (LTI Korea). "Kuunmong." Digital Library of Korean Literature (LTI Korea), 2019.Durand-Dastès, Vincent. "The sleep of heroes and villains: Narrative functions of dreams in a 17th century full-length novel." Extrême-Orient Extrême-Occident, no. 42, 2018, pp. 153-78.Durand-Dastès, Vincent, and Rainier Lanselle. "Dream narrative in East Asia: Languages and genres." Extrême-Orient Extrême-Occident, no. 42, 2018, pp. 5-14.Eggert, Marion. "Dreaming about the dead in premodern Korea (17th-19th century)." Extrême-Orient Extrême-Occident, no. 42, 2018, pp. 43-72.Eom, Jo. "A new translation of 'The Nine Cloud Dream' shares a classic and beloved Korean novel with a new generation of readers." International Examiner, 24 July 2020.Evon, Gregory N. "Buddhism and Death in Kim Man-jung’s A Nine Cloud Dream: From Fact to Fiction, and Nowhere Back Again." Death, Mourning, and the Afterlife in Korea: Ancient to Contemporary Times, edited by Charlotte Horlyck and Michael J. Pettid, Hawai'i Scholarship Online / Oxford Academic, 17 Nov. 2016, pp. 190–212. DOI.Fessler, Susanna. "Introduction to Kuunmong: The Cloud Dream of the Nine." The Cloud Dream of the Nine, by Kim Manjung, translated by James S. Gale, Kurodahan Press, 2003.Fulton, Bruce. "Korea's Literary Tradition." Gong, Ruolin Demi. Self-Exploration in a Non-Dualistic Cosmology: The Roles of Mentors in Guunmong. 2024. Smith College, Honors Project. Smith ScholarworksGoodreads. "Kim Manjung )." Goodreads, 2025.Han, Hee-sook. "Women's Life during the Chosŏn Dynasty." International Journal of Korean History, n.d., pp. 118-58.Jee, Lucy Hyekyung. "Korean Buddhism." Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 5 Sep. 2024.Jung, Chigyun. "The Research on the Relationship Between the 8 Articles of ‘Daehak’ and the 8 celestial women." The Research of the Korean Classic, no. 64, 29 Feb. 2024, pp. 221-59Lee, HaeSung. "The Neo-Confucianism of the Joseon Dynasty: Its Theoretical Foundation and Main Issues." Asian Studies, vol. IV (XX), no. 1, 2016, pp. 165–94.Lee, Janet Yoon-sun. Reinterpreting "Lovesickness" in Late Choson Literature. 2014. University of California, Los Angeles, PhD diss. UCLA Electronic Theses and DissertationsMontgomery, Charles. EXPLORER'S GUIDE TO KOREAN MODERN FICTION: Past, Present & Future. n.d."Study on Practical Methodology of Introducing Korean Literature to Foreigners." 文獻文學硏究, 2022.TChris. "The Nine Cloud Dream by Kim Man-Jung." Tzer Island, 20 Sep. 2019."The Cloud Dream of the Nine." Wikipedia, 11 May 2024.World Literature in English. "What’s the best translation of The Nine Cloud Dream?" World Literature in English, n.d.