ABSTRACT
The death of the two heroines is accomplished by their wicked step-mother, but they are avenged, and reborn to the same father. See Kim T'aejun, 180-186, Kim Ki.dong, 321-326 (1956: 299-304), Pak songlli, 364-370, Sin Ki.hyong, 308-312, and the relevant passage in most survey histories of Korean literature. It is generally agreed that the novel in Korean is very close to an account given in hanmun by :£'.*lflZ; Chon Tonghul in his collected works, 111~~ Kajae chip, of a case with which he dealt while he was magistrate of ~llJ Ch'olsan (P'yongan Province) about 1660. No precise reference is given, and I have not been able to locate any copy of Kajae chip. (Some sources give Chon Tonghul's ho as ftJ:f Kajae.) All the above also give a irlt:i'EUJl1' Changhwa Hongnyon chon in hanmun by*~§- Pak Kyongsu, dated [JG~ , either 1698 or 1758, but I have not been able to trace any copy of this either, and Kim T'aejun, 186, gives a ffi::tEtlll1'$ Changhwa Hongnyon chon in hanmun in .X~vm~ Munhon Pigo.
