朝鮮朝 書院文庫에 관한 一考察

Abstract

This study examines the books collected at the libraries of private academies(Seowon) through purchase, donation, publication, or transcription during the Joseon dynasty. The major findings are as follows: First, the books purchased by private academies were mostly Confucian classics such as the Four Books and the Three Classics, and those associated with Neo-Confucian, for teaching Confucianism, and few history books were also included. Second, the books donated by the king to private academies were Confucian classics and Neo-Confucian books for teaching, and those books donated by government agencies were similar. Most of other books donated to private academies were literary collections or biographies of ancient sages. Personal donations also included mostly literary collections and biographies of ancient sages and some Confucian classics for teaching. Third, the books published by private academies were mostly literary collections or biographies of ancient sages who established or were commemorated at those academies, and some Confucian classics, history books, and Neo-Confucian books written by those scholars. A part of the books transcribed were literary collections or biographies of sages commemorated at those academies, but most of them were historically valuable in that the establishment and operations of those private academies, names of students and visitors, and their servants and farming fields were recorded.