간찰서식집 『간식(簡式)』 연구 -간행 배경과 체재를 중심으로-

Abstract

This study examined the publishing background and format of the letter-writing guidebook 『Gansik(簡式)』, compiled by Li Hu(李垕) in Japapnese colonial era, and published by his child and student as a lithographic printing in 1955. According to the postscript, the 『Gansik』 was written by Li Hu at the request of a local confucian scholar. This shows that there was a demand for letter-writing guidebook among modern confucian scholars at the time, and the letter-writing guidebooks was recognized as a separate practical publication in the 1950s. The 『Gansik』 consists of style words and letter examples, so its overall format is similar to the commercial wood-block printed books. In particular, the fact that it is classified into letters sent and received and it is organized according to the order of writing letter can be seen as the influence of the commercial wood-block printed books. The fact that the content includes examples of letters written by sending food after a wedding, which mostly can be seen in women's letters, and that the example text of letters titled "Travel (遊覽)" is about expanding knowledge and encouraging the will of independence through overseas travel, shows the characteristics of modern letter-writing guidebooks. Looking at the aspects of compilation and publication, the 『Gansik』 is a chinese letter-writing guidebook published in modern times after being passed down by the relationship between family learning(家學) and teacher and students(師弟). Unlike the commercial wood-block printed books such as 『Gansikyupyeon(簡式類編)』, it was compiled for personal reasons, so the format was simple and small in volume. This can be said to be in the same category as the 『Suyeolok(睡餘錄)』 published by Lee Yoo-min, a writer in the late Joseon Dynasty. However, the 『Gansik』 differs from the 『Suyeolok』 in terms of format and content, allowing us to examine that the letter-writing guidebook changes in content and form during the the modern times.