增補山林經濟 | 증보산림경제 | Chŭngbo sallim kyŏngje
This book is the revised and enlarged edition from the Sallim Kyongje written by 洪萬選(Hong Man-seon , 1643–1715), a Silhak scholar in the late Joseon Dynasty. The revision is done by柳重臨 (Yu Jung-rim, 1705-1771), a physician during the reign of King Yeongjo (1724–1776) of the Joseon Dynasty . “Sallim Kyongje” literally means “economy of agriculture and forestry”.
However, the book covers much more than just agriculture and forestry. The table of contents includes a wealth of topics, such as the Fengshui of building of houses (卜居 Bok Geo) ; Health cultivation (攝生Sup Saeng ) ; the growing of cotton, grain, and other special plants(治農 Chi Nong) ; vegetables, flowers, tobacco (治圃 Chi Po) ; fruits and trees (種樹 Jong Su ); the trimming of flowers and garden plants (養花 Yang Hwa ); beekeeping (養蠶 Yang Jam ).
It also elaborates on the farming of animals, fish, and bees (牧養Mok Yang) ; the storing, cooking, and processing of food (治膳 Chi Seon ) ; emergency treatments (救急 Gu Geup) ; emergency procedures for droughts (救荒 Gu Hwang ) ; pandemics control (辟瘟 Byeok On ) ; pests control (辟蟲 Byeok Choong); medicine (治藥 Chi Yak ); fortune telling (選擇 Sun Taek) ; methods of preserving and conserving swords, pottery, musical instruments and other tools (雜方 Jap Bang ). The revised and augmented edition also includes 四時纂要사시찬요, and 田家占候.
The book well testifies to the richness and abundance of agricultural knowledge, tradition, practice, and technologies in Korea.