‘燕行錄 국역 사업’의 성과와 향후 과제 ― 학술적 가치와 연계하여 ―

Abstract

This paper evaluated the achievements of the “Yeonhaengrok(燕行錄) National Translation Project”, which has been carried out by Memorial of the Great King Sejong since 2015 with the support of the Ministry of Education, at the academic level. And this paper examined meanings of the achievements and discussed the main purpose of presenting the future business direction. The “Yeonhaengrok National Translation Project” conducted by the Memorial of the Great King Sejong plays a very important role in establishing the basis for research on Sahaeng(使行:). So this paper was forced to proceed in connection with academic research. First of all, the present meaning was evaluated by comparing and analyzing the performances of the “Yeonhaengrok National Translation Project” that have been submitted so far. Then this paper examined the future value of the achievements of the “Yeonhaengrok National Translation Project” by analyzing the achievements of academic research related to meandering from 2018 to 2020. Finally, in conjunction of the achievements of the “Yeonhaengrok National Translation Project,” policy suggestions were added on the future direction of the national translation project. Yeonhaengrok, the record of diplomatic trip from Joseon to China(Ming and Ching), is the historical record of exchange between Korea and China, travel literature, and material of cultural⋅intellectual history indicated exchange, shock and awareness of culture. It is not only a document with its own value and meaning in Korea’s cultural heritage, but also recognized as a very unique entity in East Asian cultural history. Therefore Yeonhaengrok is very valuable as a material that reveals the homogeneity and heterogeneity of Korean-Chinese culture. The 20 volumes of Yeonhaengrok, translated and published by the Memorial of the Great King Sejong from 2015 to 2019, are very useful texts in revealing the academic value of these speculative records. Therefore, the “Yeonhaengrok National Translation Project” needs to continuously submit high-quality results under a systematic plan than any other project. In addition, the connection with academic research should be strengthened even more than now. For this, the responsibility and cooperation of each project subject should precede anything else. Also, in addition to the evaluation of the Korean Classical Translation Institute, achievements presentations and academic seminars should be held regularly to evaluate the achievements of national translation in an overview, and to seek new visions in connection with academic research. Above all, stable and continuous research support from the Ministry of Education is desperately needed.