조선후기 지식인의 《譯語類解》 수용과 한자 어휘 인식

Abstract

The Chinese lexicon Yeogeoyuhae was published in Joseon in 1682 to help the middle class interpreters learn foreign languages. However, the lexicon was often cited among intellectuals of high birth who were not major users. This article examines these unexpected phenomena and attempts to approach the uncommon readers' attitude toward their native language in terms of social linguistics. Kwon Man set his goal to master ancient Chinese vocals and to write proper Chinese poetry. For him, the predicament of being an intellectual of the frontier is an important motivation. He obtained and read Chinese study books, such as Yeogeoyuhae and Nogeoldae, but the result of reproducing the language reality of the day did not satisfy him. In his composition, Chinese is divided into authentic Chinese and ethnic minority language of China, and Yeogeoyuhae is considered to be in the latter domain. He returned to the Chinese language of the past and sought to find the right sound, the standard sound commonly used in East Asian culture. Yi Ik read and quoted Yeogeoyuhae from a different perspective than Kwon Man. He extracted the name of the crop called corn from the lexicon to describe and name the characteristics of certain plants grown in the land of Joseon. If only Kwon searched the dictionary to check the pronunciation of Chinese words, he paid attention to the instructions of the vocabulary. An Jeongbok, one of his pupil, succeeded the teacher's view and searched the Chinese vocabulary called ‘饅頭’[man-tou] in the lexicon and confirmed that it corresponded to the Korean food called Sanghwa. The objects that Jeong Yak-yong and Kim Mae-sun were mainly interested in were not the native languages of Joseon written in Korean, but a number of Chinese characters and Chinese characters used in Joseon. The question of whether these vocabulary roots in the Chinese classics were used correctly and without any deviation from the original was very important to them. In their composition, authentic Chinese and Chinese characters in Korea become difficult to escape from the hierarchical order. The linguistic composition shared by Yi Deok-mu and Yi Kyu-kyeong is clearly distinct from that of Jeong Yak-yong and Kim Mae-sun. With a neutral gaze, YiDeok-mu reviewed the languages of East Asian countries and created a system of knowledge of his native language. He did not work to give hierarchy between the languages of each country or to restore the so-called order of language. Yi Kyu-kyeong not only succeeded in his grandfather's linguistic composition, but also gained a broader perspective in that he was a concrete consciouser of his native language. This is confirmed by a detailed list of native plant names he actively collects and presents.