Sa Pangji

Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty - Sillok in its case at the University of Seoul

Sa Pangji (Korean: 사방지; Hanja: 舍方知) was a Korean intersex person during the Joseon period.

Biography

Sa Pangji had hypospadias and reared as a feminine gender role. Sa learned sewing from their mother. Sa Pangji had sexual relationships with widows and Bhikkhunis.[1] In 1462, the Veritable Records of the Joseon Dynasty recorded that Sa Pangji, a slave, had an affair with a widowed noblewoman.[2]

Cultural depictions

A film based on Pangji's life was produced in South Korea in 1988 named Sa Bangji.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lee, Seong-gyu (March 29, 2007). "반음양 인간 '사방지'의 비밀 밝혀질까" [Will the secret of the half-yin half-yang human 'Sabangji' be revealed?]. The Science Times (in Korean). Korea Foundation for Science and Creativity. Archived from the original on June 14, 2020.
  2. 1 2 Kwon, Jungmin (2019). Straight Korean Female Fans and Their Gay Fantasies. Iowa City, Iowa: University of Iowa Press. p. 96. ISBN 978-1609386214. OCLC 1078957458.


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