근대 척독집 연구 -김우균의 『척독완편(尺牘完編)』을 중심으로-

Abstract

This thesis intends to explain the popularity of textbooks for writing Chinese letters in the modern period. The books aim is to help people write Chinese letters. The study starts to explain why they were published and consumed on a massive scale in this period. In order to explain the textbooks’ popularity, the study introduces their reference materials and reveals their authors, bibliographies, and unique characteristics. The textbooks for writing Chinese letters were first published in the 1900s and then vigorously consumed into the 1930s. ‘Chukdokwanpyun(尺牘完編)’, written by Kim, Woo Kyun(金雨均), was one of the textbooks found most in newspaper advertisements. It holds a dominant position among other textbooks due to its diversity and number of editions that have been handed down to the present. Since its first publication, ‘Chukdokwanpyun’ was revised several times in 1905, 1908, 1912, and 1920. Its four editions are ‘Chukdokwanpyun’, ‘Chukdokwanpyun of New Edition(新撰尺牘完編)’, ‘Chukdokwanpyun of New Edition Enlarged(增補尺牘完編)’, ‘Chukdokwanpyun of New Edition Enlarged Dictionary(增補字典尺牘完編)’. The first edition of ‘Chukdokwanpyun’ was published around 1899, but has not been found. Other editions handed down to the present are classified into three categories: ‘Chukdokwanpyun of New Edition’, ‘Chukdokwanpyun of New Edition Enlarged’, ‘Chukdokwanpyun of New Edition Enlarged Dictionary’. Important characteristics of ‘Chukdokwanpyun’ are its classification according to subject matter and its tendency toward conservatism, which becomes stronger through the several publications of its new editions. There are three important points to explain the significance of ‘Chukdokwanpyun’. First, it had direct relevance to the textbooks for writing Chinese in the late Chosun Dynasty. Second, it contributed to the popularization of writing in Chinese thorough several revisions and supplementations. Lastly, since its first publication, it became a catalyst for the huge popularity of textbooks for writing Chinese letters.