토끼의 간 이야기 Hare’s Liver

This animal tale narrates the story of a hare who thinks up a trick to overcome a deadly crisis.

The character of the wise and witty hare is similar to that of the monkey in “Tale of the Dragon King and the Monkey” from the Indian scripture Jataka (Sutra of the Buddha’s Reincarnated Manifestations), and other hares in “Gwitojiseol (Tale of Turtle and Hare)” from the the section on Kim Yu-sin in Samguksagi (History of the Three Kingdoms), the pansori “Sugungga (Song of the Water Palace)” and the classical novel Tokkijeon (Tale of a Hare).