지식인이 바라본 조선후기 관찬지리지 제작 - 영․정조 연간의 지리지를 중심으로 -

Abstract

In the late Chosŏn, the central government produced local gazetteers that were improved versions of Sinjŭng Ton’guk Yŏjisŭngnam (Newly Edited Local Gazetteers of Korea, 1530). Among the local gazetteers produced during the reigns of King Yŏngjo (1724-1776) and King Chŏngjo (1776-1800), Yŏjidosŏ (Nationwide Gazetteers with Maps, circa 1760) and parts of Haedong Yŏjit’ongjae (Nationwide Gazetteers of Korea with Maps, circa1790) still survive. Beyond the official records, private records made by intellectuals mention the production of these two local gazetteers. This paper examines the reactions of eighteenth- century intellectuals on the production of these local gazetteers based on their diaries and collections of works. The central government ordered intellectuals to produce local gazetteers for practical usage; however, the intellectuals recognized the local gazetteers as potential sources of the history of their regions. Though intellectuals were initially enthusiastic, in the end many were disappointed. This disappointment resulted from different points of view on the inclusion of items about historical figures or literary works. The local governments of some regions added items autocratically; however, this could not satisfy all intellectuals. Therefore, intellectuals started to produce local gazetteers meeting their requirements. As a result, from the eighteenth-century, there was a distinct division between local gazetteers produced by the central government for practical usage and local gazetteers produced by local intellectuals as historical records.