『석보상절』 권 20 연구 ─서지(書誌)와 언어(言語)를 중심으로

Abstract

This research aims at examination of the literary value and linguistic characteristics of the 20th volume of『 Seokbosangjeol (釋譜詳節)』 that was published in 1447 (Sejong’s 29th year). Through thorough investigation and comparative study with the Buddhist sutras like『 Worinseokbo (月印釋譜)』 and『 Beophwagyeongeonhae (法華經諺解)』, I have concluded as indicated below. First of all, this book is the first prose issued one year after promulgation of Hunminjeongeum (訓民正音). Especially,『Seokbosangjeol 』 is important because it is the first translation case of the Chinese Buddhist sutra into Hangeul . Editorial form,compilation structure, and every single type of this book were brand new inventions. I have investigated that, in the process of translation, the main texts of sutra (經) were translated into Korean following the originals, and that Yohae (要解, interpretation) of Gyehwan (戒環) was moved into Hyeopju (夾註, annotation that is inserted into the main text) to improve readability and to ease understanding. Considering these features, I proved the literary value, such as bibliography, related to the compiling process. Secondly,『 Seokbosangjeol 』 was originally published as 24volumes. Among them, however, only 10 volumes, 8 volumes of first edition and 2 volumes of second edition, exist at the present. The 20th volume was archived in a pagoda (納塔本) and is seriously damaged. I have arranged the damaged part and tried to restore the damaged part by referring to『 Worinseokbo』,『Beophwagyeongeonhae』, and『 Donggukjeongun (東國正韻)』. T h i r d l y , t h e b a s i s s u t r a o f t h e 2 0 t h v o l u m e o f 『Seokbosangjeol 』 are the 22nd Chokrupum (囑累品) and the 23rd Yakwangbosalbonsapum (藥王菩薩本事品) of the 6th volume and the 24th Myoeumbosalpum (妙音菩薩品) of the 7th volume of『 Beophwagyeong』. These parts were translated again in the 18th volume of『 Worinseokbo 』(published in 1459) and in the 6th volume and the 7th volume of『 Beophwagyeongeonhae 』(published in 1463), which were published later than 『Seokbosangjeol 』. In other words, one source had been translated three times. Considering the relationship among the three translated books, I have arranged and presented corresponding parts of the books to allow comparative study. By the publication years, the compilation process, and compiler's linguistic habits,these three books have different features. On this basis, I have tried to discover characteristics of『 Seokbosangjeol』. My work would contribute to the Buddhism Studies and the history of Korean language as a research material. Fourthly, the translation of『 Seokbosangjeol』 is near to freetranslation (自由譯), and many words in this book were written in Jeongeum (正音) although the words were based on Chinese characters. In the 20th volume, we can find a few words with rare usage in the other literatures, and several words of the volume are unfindable in the archaism dictionary. Also, some words like following words were written in Jeongeum , while they were based on Chinese characters. I have examined the reasons why those Chinese words were written in Jeongeum . As I have discussed above, this paper examines bibliography,contents, preserved condition of the 20 th volume of 『Seokbosangjeol 』, restoration of damaged parts, corresponding relationships with『 Worinseokbo』 and『 Beophwagyeongeonhae』which are other translations of the identical original book,characteristics of format and notation, and lexical characteristics like vocabularies with rare usage in the other texts and vocabularies that are unfindable in the archaism dictionary.