What is ‘Gu Family Book’?

This is from the official homepage. Since I don’t know much about the Korean history/culture/legends, it took me a while to figure out the story background. 😛

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To get started, you can read the legend of Dangun here.

As a secret passed down in the Gumiho family for thousands of years, ‘Gu Family Book’ is a covenant made, when Hwanung descended to earth, to give opportunities to the many guardians of the land to become human. (It’s actually the covenant the tiger and the bear wished to receive by staying in a cave, eating only garlic and mugwort, and praying for 100 days in order to become human.)

In order to receive the covenant, there are 3 prohibitions that have to be observed:

1. You absolutely cannot kill a human.

2. You absolutely cannot pretend to not know it when a human asks for help.

3. You absolutely cannot let a human discover that you’re a guardian.

Only if one observed the 3 prohibitions during the 100 days would the ‘Gu Family Book’ appear in front of him/her…

But this story seems to be just a legend spread by word of mouth from scholars who research and study Dangun, NO ONE has actually seen the ‘Gu Family Book’. It’s because no one in the Gumiho family has ever accomplished the 100-day prayer.

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The only new information in this chart is that Admiral Lee Soon Shin will be played by Yoo Dong Geun.

source: imbc
English translation: tryp96.wordpress.com
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8 Responses to What is ‘Gu Family Book’?

  1. use it for turkish translation …
    .of course with link^^

  2. Reblogged this on ♥ 이승기 ♥ 인도네시아 ♥ and commented:
    for sure~ this gonna be awesome story~!!!

  3. Rensha says:

    what’s a great prologue!! eonni thank you so much for u’r translate and fast update like usual ^^ u’r awesome 🙂

  4. meliejoo says:

    the trailer will come out next week or after next week..

  5. foulou says:

    why is it always 100 days?!

    100 days to pay the loan
    100 days to leave Korea
    100 days to pretend to be married
    100 days to live together in one house

    what’s with this 100 days obsession?

    • meliejoo says:

      foulou , your name is often remember..
      100 days is often Gumiho character from living..
      Is almost the same as My girlfriend is a gumiho living as 100 days.

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