<서경(書經)>의 이미지화 고찰

Abstract

This study is to explore various ways of visualizing Shujing書經, which was an ancient literal book and was regarded as a guidebook to run a government. To put it briefly, there were three kinds of visualization of Shujing; to understand the book, to make visual apologue, and to enjoy impressive scene of the book. To understand the institution, geographic map and the patterns of ritual robes for kingship, scholars made them into visual picture or diagram. Shuchandaquan書傳大全 was the case and it was used as a visual reference for a long time. Sancaituhui三才圖會, a well-known encyclopedia of late Ming, employed the images of Shuchandaquan. To make didactic message, specific episodes such as Zhougong周公’s teaching wuyi無逸 which means not being lazy and Yugong禹公’s zhishui治水 which means management of the water streams were painted. These images were produced to function as didactic painting for the king. To enjoy interesting scenes of Shujing, several impressive scenes were choose and painted into a part of folding screen paintings or albums. The ideal kings such as Yao堯, Shun舜 and Wenwang文王 and amazingly capable prime ministers such as Zhougong周公, Yiyin伊尹 and Fushuo傅說 were visualized. In doing so, the celestial globe in the image of Yao’s governing, the portrait unfolded in front of Fushuo傅說 are remarkable in that one is influenced from development of astronomy and the other is focused on an attractive motif of the painting. Besides, the visualized albums of Chinese kings and illustrated books of Shujing produced in late Ming and early Qing in very bright colors and extremely detailed expression must delight the viewer’s eyes.