新資料 早稻田 漢文本 <金華寺夢遊錄>의 特徵과 意味

Abstract

Until recently, many academics thought that the National Library of Korea’s copy of the ‘Geumhwasa Mongyurok’ (GNLK) was the most well preserved edition still in existence. The purpose of this paper, however, is to explore the characteristics and significance of the Waseda University Library’s copy of the ‘Geumhwasa Mongyurok’ (GWUL) by comparing it with the GNLK. The GWUL is a well-polished manuscript for publication that is not only very well preserved, but it also exists together with original edits, annotations and also criticisms. And through the further elaboration of a specific scene in the story, the narrative of this version appears much smoother and more organic. Also, the GWUL establishes that the ‘mongyuja’ (the character that goes into a dream) as a real life character and intended to convince readers that the content of the story was the truth. Meanwhile, this copy shares far greater similarities with the other 14 editions of this story than the GNLK. In addition, examining the accuracy of the texts, it can be said that the GWUL is a more accurate and trustworthy version than the GNLK. The GWUL version is by far the most representative, with the most accurate content of all the copies of the story that are still in existence to date. In other words, we can extract a new version of the story from the GWUL that is closest to the original. To summarize, this work concludes that the Waseda University Library copy of the ‘Geumhwasa Mongyurok’ can not only be considered as one more version of this work still in existence, but it can also be a very useful copy of significant value to be examined as a resource to further aid academics that have an interest in the ‘Geumhwasa Mongyurok’ both now and in the future.