『海東文獻總錄』所載 高麗文集 硏究 - 不傳文集을 중심으로-

Abstract

Though Goryeo is generally recognized as the golden age of culture, the number of literary collections that are still extant is very small to count on fingers. It is therefore greatly necessary to make academic efforts to fill up this blank period through compiling literary materials of Goryeo period ranging from anthology of poetry, Sihwajip (collections of background stories related poetry writings), history books, geography books, inscriptions written by the literary class of Goryeo period. In this regard, 『Haedong Munheon Chongnok (海東文獻總錄), Annotated Catalogue of Korean Documents』compiled and published by Kim, Hyoo (金烋 1957~1638) during the reign of King Injong, is a significant masterpiece providing valuable information on the collections of writings published in Goryeo period. This book contains annotated bibliography of all kinds of compiled or written documents from the Three Kingdoms period to his contemporary times. It is from this book that useful aspects of Goryeo's literatures can be traced. The fact draws even more attention to this book that it includes introduction of the collections of writings in Goryeo period no longer handed down today. Kim, Hyoo not only examined and compiled each available book by himself but he also scrutinized all the records related to book publications in almost all kinds of literatures transmitted at that time. Then he completed a catalogue of books and put bibliographical explanation to each book. The number of books he included into the catalogue of books reaches up to approximately 670 and nearly all fields of study are evenly dealt with. More than 80 books of the catalogue belong to Goryeo period and majority of writing collections by the distinguished Goryeo literary men are included. This confirms the fact that the scale of Sino-Korean literature (漢文學) can not have been so small in Goryeo period. Special attention should be paid to the unfamiliar titles of writing collections and writers no longer preserved nowadays and the incident where intensive publication of writing collections was made by minor writers during the late Goryeo period. Each bibliographical explanation focuses on writer's biographical history and its source more than literary criticism of the work. Political career is rather excluded in discussing writer's life but writer's relationship with the king, writer's diplomatic role in relation with China and personal academic history is importantly dealt with. Explanation reveals negative aspects as well as positive side of writers. Each bibliographical explanation is composed of three sections; main text, Seju and Duju. Excerpt and quotation are the main forms of text description. For documents Kim, Hyoo could read, he summarized contents and left his own comments. For other documents he could not checked and the writing collections of Goryeo, he excerpted or summarized from epitaph of relevant writers or from history book to describe writers biography in main text. In Seju are included reproductions of poems, background of poems, critics of poems, preface and epilogue as a way of footnote for reference. In Duju are added supplementary details. Therefore, bibliographical explanation in this great book can be defined as biographical records of writers, Sihwa (background stories related poetry writings) and comprehensive critique of writers. In analytical process of bibliographical explanation on the writing collections of Goryeo not available today, specific sources of excerpts, quotations have been reviewed. The result shows that a series of biographies in Goryeosa (History of Goryeo), Dongin Sihwa (Comments on the Works by Korean Poets)are most frequently used. Other sources of reference include Goryeosa jeoryo (Condensed History of Goryeo), Pahan-jip (Collection of Works to Dispel Leisure), Bohan-jip (Collection to Relieve Idleness), Yeogong paeseol (Scribblings of Old Man Oak), Chugang naenghwa (Casual Tales Told), Somun swerok, Daedong yeonju sigyeok ,Dongmunseon (Anthology of Korean Literature), Cheongu punga, Dongguk isangguk jip(Collected Works of Minister Lee of the Eastern Kingdom), Mogeunjip (Collected Works of Mogeun), Sambong-jip (Collected Works of Sambong) Yangchon-jip (Collected Works of Yangchon). Chungjeong-Jip Toegye-jip (Colleted Works of Toegye). It can be concluded that books with affluent information on biographical records of writers, Sihwa (background stories related poetry writings), poem critiques were used for bibliographical research. The records on writing collections of Goryeo preserved in Haedong Munheon Chongnok (海東文獻總錄), Annotated Catalogue of Korean Documents may not seem to serve to us with immediate usefulness because it merely provides the biographical information of writers compiled through quoting from other various sources. Nevertheless, it assures us the existence of Goryeo writing collections not preserved today as well as how each collection is composed of. This single fact can be enough to placeHaedong Munheon Chongnok (海東文獻總錄), Annotated Catalogue of Korean Documents as a crucial clue to fill up the blank period in the history of Sino-Korean literature in Goryeo period.