Nine Peaks

This book contains twenty-four poems composed in classical Chinese by Rhee Sukho a Korean scholar of classical Chinese literature. Most modern Korean men of letters write in Korean. But there still are a few who compose in classical Chinese of whom Rhee Sukho is one. This literary activity though confined to a few trained in the scholarship of classical Chinese studies manifests their zeal to maintain and preserve the scholarly tradition of reading and writing in classical Chinese. Rhee Sukho a Korean scholar of classical Chinese literature is one of the few who still compose poems in classical Chinese. Sung-Il Lee who has translated the poems into English is an admirer of the poet's scholarly career. Though he has not received a formal training in the scholarship of classical Chinese he confesses that he felt obligated to translate the works of one whom he admires as man and poet.