Chunhyangga, one of the five surviving stories of the Korean pansori storytelling tradition
Some of Korea's oldest and most popular stories, such as the tale of Chunhyang, feature kisaeng as heroines.
In Paris the 40-year-old student Hong Jong-u worked at the Guimet Museum, where he translated the Chunhyangjeon (춘향전; the tale of Chunhyang), Shimcheongjeon (심청전) and the Jikseong haengnyeong pyeonram (직성행녕편람; a Korean fortune-telling book) into French.