唐代 중후기 통속서사 사본에 대한 문화사적 해석― <伍子胥變文>의 교정 방식을 중심으로

Abstract

This paper examines the manuscripts of the popular narratives of Tang dynasty from the perspective of media culture history. Tang Dynasty was the most popular era in Chinese history for various foreign cultures, and the characteristics of this period were also reflected in the media of manuscripts. Before the period of printing began in earnest, the manuscripts in its golden age showed the characteristics of a free and flexible media. In this paper, I discussed the differences between the West and the East in their use of media, assuming that ‘conservatism’ is a basic characteristic of the media. In the East, the characteristics of the Western printing culture, which was conducted in the direction of the centrifugal force, were more prominent in the era of the preceding manuscripts than the printing. Numerous manuscripts found in Dunhuang 敦煌 represent these features. The essence of a manuscript’s relatively free writing and correction rather than printing made this possible. And in the second half of this paper, I examined the cultural and literary historical meaning of the popular narrative manuscripts of the period, focusing on the method of correcting of Wu zixu bianwen(伍子胥變文) manuscripts. These manuscripts themselves have different traditions of oral culture and written culture, and these characteristics are revealed through the correction of different manuscript texts. In conclusion, the flexibility of manuscripts in Tang dynasty, in harmony with the conservatism of the media, could delay the printing era. On the other hand, for this very reason, the manuscripts of Tang dynasty could become useful media for various stories and informations of the time.