元代 ≪事林廣記≫의 유통과 지식의 통속화

Abstract

Shi Lin Guang Ji(事林廣記) is a leishu(類書) contains various knowledge about daily life, and has been engraved and distributed numerous times since its first release in Song(宋) Dynasty. New contents suitable for the time were added to Shi Lin Guang Ji each time it was reprinted, so the book could have a wide range of readership. Shi Lin Guang Ji contains very extensive knowledge which were extracted from many existing books instead of author’s creation. However Shi Lin Guang Ji shows different type of knowledge from another leishu. Shi Lin Guang Ji still adheres to a classification which is centered upon a traditional knowledge system of ‘Tian(天)’, ‘Di(地)’, and ‘Ren(人)’, but it also regards ‘Shi(事)’ and ‘Wu(物)’, the things needed to live everyday life, as subject of knowledge. The book contains various knowledge about daily life such as religious ceremony, conduct of life, education, agriculture, hygiene, technology, food, laundry, cosmetics, and play. Shi Lin Guang Ji explains the art of living and miscellaneous common sense for daily life. Confucian knowledge has been popularized, and numerous knowledge related with everyday life is accepted into a discourse on knowledge again. Through Shi Lin Guang Ji, we can find how upper class knowledge is popularized and how civilian life experience is brought into a category of knowledge.