Preface
Introduction: The Compiler of Record of the Edge of Heaven and the Work’s Worldview
01. Becoming Lost on a Road at Mount Jiri and Meeting an Immortal
02. Meeting with Rain on a Road to the Gwandong Region and Ascending to the Immortal Realm
03. Jeong Bukchang Sees from Afar the Face of a Bond Servant
04. Yun Sepyeong Weeps over His Younger Sister’s Faraway Death
05. Entering Nirvana While Sitting in Meditation in a Dirt Cave on Mount Songni
06. On the Road to Mount Geumgang, One Appears in a Provincial Army Commander’s Dream to Move His Heart toward Compassion
07. King Yama Asks a Buddhist Layman to Bring Him a New Robe
08. A Bodhisattva Allows a Tour of the Hell of the Otherworld
09. Tojeong Escapes a Tidal Wave at a Fishing Village
10. A Common Woodcutter Escapes the Disasters of a Flood on a Seaside Mountain
11. Burying a Dry Skull and Receiving a Reward from the Otherworld on the Way to the Site of an Examination
12. Secretly Receiving Help from an Old Man While Staying at a Mountain Temple
13. Seopyeong’s Distant Relative from the Countryside Inspects Tens of Thousands of Ghosts
14. A Scholar in Imsil Has Charge over Two Ghost Soldiers
15. Lying Down at Home as the Entire Island Is Crushed under the Feet of Invaders
16. Sitting on the Road as Ten Thousand Cavalrymen Trample By
17. Sweeping the Snow to Steal a Glance at Oksoseon
18. Upon Passing the Civil Service Examination, Sim Meets Iltahong Again
19. An Old Man from Goseong Village Falls Ill and Changes into a Fish
20. A Relative of Seungpyeong Turns into a Boar in His Old Age
21. A Royal Inspector Wearing a Woman’s Hat Is Brought before the Governor While Attending a Banquet
22. A Local Education Official Emerges Naked from a Chest
23. Due to His Eccentric Conduct, Literary Licentiate Sim Refuses a Beautiful Woman
24. Dim-Witted Bachelor Kim Loses a Beautiful Woman
*Glossary of Personal Names for Volumes 1 & 2