조선 후기 유서(類書)와 서학(西學)―『성호사설』과 『오주연문장전산고』를 중심으로―

Abstract

Leishu (類書), or Encyclopedia, is the result of efforts to actively rearrange individual knowledge by categorization and evaluation. Therefore, the change inintellectual conditions and directions of the period can be identified through Leishu. There is an ideological and historical event that formed a branch in the Leishu tradition of East Asia. It is the formation of Western knowledge and literature, xixue (西學) or Western Learning, introduced by the Jesuits. Leishu in China, Joseon and Japan, formed after the Jesuits’ entry into China, are important indicators of how the intellectual resources of the study were integrated and transformed in the traditional East Asian intellectual system. In relation to the Leishu, the study of Western Learning can be contemplated on two levels.One is that Western Learning influenced the change in meaning of the Neo-Confucian gezi (格致) or Investigation of Things, and the other is that it provided important resources to the intellectual climate of the time, which was the pursuit of boxue (博學) or broad learning. In this context, this paper seeks to examine the influx and intellectual changes of Western Learning through the three works that represent the Leishu of Joseon: JibongYuseol, Seongho Saseol and Ojuyeonmun jangjeon sango.