『여재촬요』의 편찬과 편찬정신

Abstract

The Jangseogak library collects various articles such as Oh Hwoeng‐muk's diary, geography books, and literary books. So, it is like a treasure house in studying Oh Hwoeng‐muk. Yeojaechwalyo, a geographical book compiled by Oh Hwoeng‐muk, is a collection of handwritten and printed forms in the Jangseogak Library, ranging from drafts to final versions. Through this, we can see Yeojaechwalyo's compilation and the process for compiling it. In the existing research, it is not possible to understand how Yeojaechwalyo is compiled because many books of Jangseogak Library are not accessed. Oh Hwoeng‐muk constantly revised to the completion of Yeojaechwalyo. Oh Hwoeng‐muk went into writing in earnest in the 1890s, and in 1892 he made books such as Yeoramchwalyo and Seungjaeseupyu, etc. Then, in 1893, he made Yeojaechwalyo which was made into five books containing world geography and Joseon geography. And he reduced it to one book and even completed printing. Then, referring to Mangukyeodo, a world map compiled in China, Yeojaechwalyo was expanded from five books to eight books. In 1894, it expanded to ten books again. In 1901, Yeojaechwalyo that consisted of one book was revised to make Yeoyosamseon. Likewise, Oh Hwoeng‐muk made various versions of Yeojaechwalyo from textbooks to professional books through constant revision and supplementation. At that time, Mangukyeodo's maps of the earth rotation and maps of each region and Mangukjeongpyo's world humanities information, which accepted the latest western knowledge, were comprehensively put together. Also, based on the Donggukyeojiseungram, by summarizing the geography of Joseon, Oh Hwoeng‐muk’s Yeojaechwalyo was a synthesized geography of the Western and Joseon circumstances. Yeojaechwalyo shows a transitional form in the process of transition from pre‐modern geography to modern geography. One book, Yeojaechwalyo, was printed in 1894, and it was adopted by the Ministry of Education in 1896 as a textbook of modern geography. In short, Oh Hwoeng‐muk’s Yeojaechwalyo wrote the geographical knowledge of the Western world while describing the geographical information of humanistic contents in the county‐district unit according to the traditional way. Therefore, this book not only plays a role of a stepping stone from pre‐modern geography to modern geography, but also made a certain contribution to the establishment of modern geography in Korea.