| Yeolha Ilgi | |
|---|---|
| Hangul | 열하일기 |
| Hanja | 熱河日記 |
| Revised Romanization | Yeolha Ilgi |
| McCune–Reischauer | Yŏlha Ilgi |
Yeolha Ilgi, or Jehol Diary, is the work of the Joseon silhak scholar Pak Jiwon 朴趾源 (1737–1805). Pak, also known by his pen name of Yeon'am 燕巖, made an extensive tour of what was then northern Qing territory (to include Shenyang, Beijing and Rehe Province) in 1780 in the company of his cousin. Pak's cousin had been dispatched to the Qing court by the Joseon king Jeongjo to attend the 70th birthday celebrations of the Qing emperor Qianlong. As the title suggests, the Yeolha Ilgi (the result of the trip) takes the form of a travelogue. However, the scope of the diary is vast, covering such disparate topics as history, customs, nature, politics, economics, and poetry. Both the scope of the work and the quality of its writing have earned it a place as a masterpiece and an important source for Chinese and Korean historians.[1]
A partial English translation was published in 2010 under the title Jehol Diary".[2]