중국 계몽교재《弟子規》고찰과 그 활용 사례

Abstract

Recently it has been strongly insisted that Han-character education should be included in regular school curriculum for children in Korea since it enables not only to improve their vocabulary, literacy and learning ability but also helps them to establish cultural identity and build up their character. To achieve above goal, it is required to select prompt textbook and sufficient study for teaching method. However, in reality, curriculum for Han-character is not even existed at the most elementary schools and discussion on designating basic Han-character for education in school has not been progressed on the government level as well. In this situation, it is more encouraged to consider elementary textbook used by children of other countries that share Han-character culture than seeking local materials. In this context,《Di Zi Gui》, the primary textbook of Chinese children is usable to educate senior student at elementary school in Korea. 《Di Zi Gui》 have widely used as a basic classical-written-language textbook for children in China from Qing Dynasty. It is composed of only 1,080 letters and describes major idea of Confucius based on the article 6 of《The Analects of Confucius》. 《Di Zi Gui》 guides children to study Han-character interestingly and it could be ethic textbook as well. It have mainly four advantages; first of all, it includes essential and basic Han-character. Moreover, children would learn how letters compose sentences, not only single letter. In addition, it gives moral lesson since it describes right attitude between people and lifestyle. Finally, it broadens children’s perspective about traditional thoughts and culture of Korea and Asia. In conclusion, it is strongly suggested to adopt《Di Zi Gui》 as a elementary textbook for Han-character education for Korean children.