Jeonwoochi, A Legitimate Warlord
Jeon Woo-chi was a Taoist scholar during the Joseon dynasty of Korea. He is known by many as the most prominent
"sorcerer" in Korean history, and a representative trickster from old Korean literature. His pen name was Woosa,
which means "featherman".
According to the Complete Works from Azure Residence by Yi Deok-moo, when Jeon was very young, he went to
a mountain temple to study in solitude. One day, the rice wine which was brewed at the temple vanished. The monks
scolded Jeon, accusing him of drinking it. Jeon was aggrieved and upset, so he decided to hunt down the true culprit.
He waited beside the wine jugs until twilight. At dusk, a nine-tailed fox came out from the forest and drank the wine
until she was drunk. Jeon jumped out and tied her up with some rope. The fox offered him her grimoire if he would
release her. Jeon accepted that and became a sorcerer through studying the fox's grimoire.
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