서․발문을 통해본 미확인 고문헌의 현황과 기존 고서목록의 수정․보완에 관한 소고

Abstract

Korea University Institute of Korean Culture has completed the first project, aimed to establish an information-genealogical research resource, with extracting the prefaces and epilogues from the photographic editions of the old documents and from the old documents in each institution. This project has produced three final reports. The second project was directed to correct and mark with a dot, annotate and markup XML format about the 1,450 texts out of 10,000 articles for three years. The selection criteria was picked out prefaces and epilogues of the unconfirmed ancient literature, added articles distinctly showing intellectual lineage 3,800 articles are included in the The catalogue of the unconfirmed old documents in Korea. Out of these articles, many old documents arranged in 2009-2010 were recognized as the unconfirmed books, because they were not published in one separate volume, but contained in the collection works and printed 2 or more different texts as one book. Among those articles, Some turned out to be the existent book and it could help modify and supplement comprehensively the existing bibliographies of old documents in each libraries. Looking at these old literature by subject, these were kyong-bu(經部) 15 kinds, Sa-bu(史部) 58 kinds, Ja-bu(子部) 21 kinds, Jip-bu(集部) 76 kinds. Among those kinds, by modifying and supplementing old document’s bibliographies, these were kyong-bu(經部) 15 kinds, Sa-bu(史部) 15 kinds, Ja-bu(子部) 6 kinds, Jip-bu(集部) 7 kinds. It could found information such as the author and editor, the role of the author, the compilation and publication, edition, missing prefaces, et cetera through these materials. Furthermore, it was pointed out that making up for a defect of the bibliographical note was very necessary in order to accurately search the Korean old documents. It allows a new recognition of the impotance of Korean ancient literature’s prefaces and epilogues and facilitates the release and sharing of the results.