『寒皐觀外史』本 『石潭日記』 고찰

Abstract

The present article analyzes in details Seokdamilgi(石潭日記) by Yulgok(栗谷) Yi I(李珥), included in the Hangogwanoesa(寒皐觀外史) of the Yasachongseo(野史叢書) edited by Kim Ryeo(金鑢) in the 19th century, to review the value and status. Seokdamilgi has highly valuable as historical materials, since it is a detailed record of the political and social history in the late 16th century and it contains the views of Yi I, the great scholar of the time. However, among the different version of Seokdamilgi, the Hangogwanoesa version has never been mentioned in the academic community. Considering that Hangogwanoesa is a representative collection of the unofficial history of the last Joseon Dynasty and that the editor Kim Ryeo compared different versions of the book and left his comments and signature on the book, the individual unofficial histories included in the collection need to be analyzed in details. Beginning with the critical mind, the present article thoroughly reviews Seokdamilgi of the Hangogwanoesa version, focusing on the records left by the editor Kim Ryeo. The features of the literature are summarized below. First, Kim Ryeo established the status of Seokdamilgi as the best literature among the unofficial history of Korea. He basically gave high value on unofficial history as a material for objectively restore the past. Among the many books of unofficial history, he mentioned Seokdamilgi as the best literature that has a status equivalent to the official history. He explained the reason that Seokdamilgi originated with the authentic historical books, such as Chunchu(春秋) and Tonggamjeolyogangmok(通鑑節要綱目), and thus has an established system, and that the sentences are clear and concise. In summary, Seokdamilgi of the Hangogwanoesa version is significant because the editor Kim Ryeo systematically and logically proved the value of Seokdamilgi after reviewing the numerous unofficial history books available until the early 19th century. Second, the editor Kim Ryeo gathered different versions of Seokdamilgi as many as possible, selected versions of good conditions, and used one of them as the reference version. After that, he edited the text by comparing the reference version with other versions, including the Gyeongyeonilgi(經筵日記) of the Yulgokjeonseo(栗谷全書) version. Before incorporating the unofficial history to Hangogwanoesa, he compared many different versions to prepare an original version. He compared Seokdamilgi with at least 4 different versions, and left, at different parts of the book, the results of the comparison and his own comments about the main text. That is the unique significance of Seokdamilgi of the Hangogwanoesa version.