조선 전기의 유교 경서 구결과 그 교육사적 의의

Abstract

Gugyeol(口訣) was the work that divided the original Chinese text into phrases and clauses, put a Korean Tu(吐) on the Chinese phrases and clauses. Gugyeol was an essential process for reading, teaching and learning Confucian Classics in Korean. With the introduction of Neo-Confucianism at the end of the Goryeo Dynasty, a new interpretation of the Confucian Classics was promoted. In this paper, the Gugyeol of Confucian Classics in the early Joseon period was discussed in four periods; Jeong Mong-ju and Kwon Keun’s Gugyeol of Confucian Classics in the late Goryeo and early Joseon period, Gugyeol and Hangeul translation of Elementary Learning and Four Books in the King Sejong's reign, Gugyeol of Elementary Learning and Four Books and Five Classics in the King Sejo's reign, and Yu soong-jo’s Hangeul translation of Four Books and Three Classics. In this paper, I also investigated some figures' anti-Gugyeol opinions and discussed the problems that Gugyeol make learners be lazy and an interpretation of Confucian Classics be single-fixed uniformity. However the Gugyeol of Confucian Classics were meant to establish a public standards for the interpretation of Confucian Classics which would be used for the study of Confucian students and the various evaluation of their studies. For this reason, the Gugyeol of Confucian Classics were conducted at the state level with the participation of the best scholars of the time. In short, the Gugyeol of Confucian Classics in the early Joseon period has important educational and historical significance that it laid the foundation for the completion of Hangeul translation of Four Books and Three Classics from the viewpoint of Neo-Confucianism in the early 17th century.