Im Sugan was a [[Joseon Dynasty]] Korean scholar-official, and served as vice-envoy on a [[Korean embassies to Edo|mission to Edo]] in [[1711]]. He wrote a record of this mission, entitled ''Tongsa ilgi'' ("Journal of the Voyage East"), as well as ''Kanggwan P’iltam'' (J: ''Kôkan hitsudan'', “Brush Conversation at the Riverbank), a collection of notes on conversations with [[Arai Hakuseki]]. | Im Sugan was a [[Joseon Dynasty]] Korean scholar-official, and served as vice-envoy on a [[Korean embassies to Edo|mission to Edo]] in [[1711]]. He wrote a record of this mission, entitled ''Tongsa ilgi'' ("Journal of the Voyage East"), as well as ''Kanggwan P’iltam'' (J: ''Kôkan hitsudan'', “Brush Conversation at the Riverbank), a collection of notes on conversations with [[Arai Hakuseki]]. |