Kil Cha Author

Kil Cha is an independent scholar and translator of both academic articles and source texts, including Unyŏng-jŏn: A Love Affair at the Royal Palace of Chosŏn Korea and "Diary of the Kyech'uk Year."

Michael J. Pettid is professor of Korean studies at Binghamton University.

Robert E. Buswell, Jr. holds the Irving and Jean Stone Endowed Chair in Humanities at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he is also Distinguished Professor of Buddhist Studies in the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures and founding director of the university's Center for Buddhist Studies and Center for Korean Studies.