동아시아의 한역(漢譯) 세계지리지(世界地理志) 수용 방식 －조선과 일본에서의 별본(別本) 『곤여외기(坤輿外紀)』와 「칠기도설(七奇圖說)」의 독서를 중심으로－

Abstract

This thesis examined the process of contents analysis of the new Kunyu waiji edition and extract of the Seven Wonders of the World with reference to Yu Chu xinzhi－a series of collectanea－clarified the process accepted Western Geography in East Asia. Jesuit missionaries wrote Zhifang waiji and Kunyu tushuo to evangelize the Chinese to Catholicism. They wanted the political, social, and cultural superiority of Catholic countries to be demonstrated to the Chinese through World Geography Record. In Joseon, intellectuals from the Sŏngho school tried to respond academically to Western geography by reading and discussing the natural geography part of Kunyu tushuo. However, this academic trend was limited to those living around Seoul among Sŏngho School and was not supported by other intellectuals. In contrast, the difference between Kunyu tushuo and other books by Jesuit missionaries is that they were not read in their original format but were distributed as new editions or excerpts. Kunyu waiji is a recently edited book and Illustrated the Seven Wonders of the World in Yu Chu xinzhi is an extract and fragment of a particular subject from Kunyu tushuo. Originally, Kunyu tushuo was organized according to the classification system of Western geography and was written to promote the excellence of Western civilization; but those two books were edited and extracted regardless of this Western academic context. Many people in East Asia liked these two books more than Kunyu tushuo, demonstrating that they understood Western geography as the genre of chuanqi傳奇－tales of strange events－rather than an academic approach. This study is meaningful in that it reveals specific aspects of the spread of Western geography by Jesuit missionaries and the acceptance of East Asian intellectuals in the 17th and 18th centuries.