『性理群書句解』의 판본 검토와 조선 전기 수용의 일면

Abstract

Seongrigunseo (『性理群書』) is known to be the collection of neo-Confucian scholars. Its formal title is SeongrigunseoGuhae (『性理群書句解』), and it consists of two volumes: the first volume and the second volume. Writings of Neo-Confucian scholars are included in the first volume, while Geumsasamrok (近思三錄) — Geunsarok (『近思錄』), Geunsasokrok (『近思續錄』), and Geunsabyeolrok (『近思別錄』) — is in the second volume. However, the commentary of Geunsarok by Yeopchae (葉采), scholar of Song China, seems to have been favored by Joseon scholars, while Geunsasokrok and Geunsabyeolrok were not very popular. This study analyzed several block-printed books of the first volume of Seongrigunseo Guhae which was commonly called Seongrigunseo, and examined how they were accepted among scholars of early Joseon dynasty. The xylographic books which were popularly circulated in those days were wonpanbokgakbon (元版覆刻本), chojugapinjabon (初鑄甲寅字本), and gapinjabokgakbon (甲寅字覆刻本). The gapinjabokgakbon stored in Chungnam University describes the history of chojugapinjabon and how its new xylographic editions were made. Seongrigunseo is the collection of the writings of some famous scholars of Song China, and contains basic commentaries of those writings. Under the circumstances where copies of Seongridaejeon (『性理大全』), the big encyclopedia of neo-Confucianism containing theories of various neo-Confucian scholars, could not meet its demand, Seongrigunseo was popular as an introduction to neo-Confucianism. Actually, Seongrigunseo continued to be published until later years of Joseon dynasty, serving as the textbook of neo-Confucianism. As some scholars who accessed Seongrigunseo in early Joseon, this study introduced Kim Si-seup, Ryu Hi-choon, Jeong Chong, and Ryu Bang-seon, etc. I regard it as my future objective to prove actual effectiveness of Seongrigunseo to scholars of those years beyond identifying that they accessed the book.