‘한문 교육용 기초 한자’ 제정 과정에 대한 史的 고찰

Abstract

This paper aims at examining the purpose and background for enactment of 'Basic Chinese characters for classical Chinese education'. ‘Commonly used Chinese characters’ originated from Chinese charac -ters abolitionism which was proposed after King Gojong announced by his decree that the national official characters should be written in Hangeul(Korean language) in the end of 19th century, and enactment of 'commonly used Chinese characters' started in earnest from the selection and announcement of 1,271 characters in 1950. ‘Basic Chinese characters for classical Chinese education’ was enacted on the basis of such ‘Commonly used Chinese characters’ in 1972 for the purpose of using them for classical Chinese education. Looking into the selection process and contents of such ‘Commonly used Chinese characters’ and ‘Basic Chinese characters for classical Chinese education’, you can confirm that the terms and type of Chinese characters were influenced by Japanese "Commonly used Chinese characters' and 'Touyou(當用) Chinese characters'. Through historical consideration of the purpose and background for enactment of 'Commonly used Chinese characters' and 'Basic Chinese characters for classical Chinese education', the features such as the purpose and background for enactment, etc. of 'Basic Chinese characters for classical Chinese education' used in our country could be confirmed. This result is expected to become a good guide in proceeding with adjustment and re-view of 'Basic Chinese characters for classical Chinese education reference in the future.