『백련초해(百聯抄解)』 연구(Ⅰ)– 이본(異本)과 시의 성격을 중심으로 –

Abstract

This research is about 『Baekryeonchohae(百聯抄解)』, a Chinese poetry book, which was translated into Korean written by Hangeul. This book has one hundred of Chinese poems, and they are translated. We assume that this book is published in late 16th century. From this research, I elucidated followings. 『Baekryeonchohae(百聯抄解)』 is a collection of poems for beginners to learn Chinese characters. Currently, more than ten editions of variant 『Baekryeonchohae(百聯抄解)』 exist. Each editions of the variant books have various differences in translation system, number of poems in the book, and order of arrangement. Some of those books were written only in Chinese character. This research mainly concerns about translated editions. Although there have been many previous researches, we still have some unresolved problems. Therefore, I have tried to solve these unresolved problems. As a result of my research, I have made clear followings. First of all, I clarified the scale of each variant editions of 『Baekryeonchohae(百聯抄解)』. I compared differences among the variant editions and investigated characteristics of publication. Also, I elucidated formats and characteristics of each editions by comprehensively considering order of arrangement of poems, number of poems, contents, publication records, and readability. Secondly, I presented sources of about thirty poems in 『Baekryeonchohae(百聯抄解)』. Most writers of the poems were Chinese famous poets, and a little number of poets were Korean. Thirdly, most objects of the poems are flower, moon, mountain, spring, bamboo, wind, and pine tree. In other words, natural objects, natural phenomena, and seasons are main subjects of the poems. Thus, we can understand characteristics of the poems. Fourthly, 『Baekryeonchohae(百聯抄解)』 is not a single author book. As a text book for Chinese poem, opinions and works of many people have cumulated in this book. As a result, this book has been completed by many correction and compilation processes. For this reason, the information about compilers and editors is rare in record.