<삼강행실도> 판화의 성격과 기능 연구 - 예치(禮治)를 위한 상하 분별의 형상화

Abstract

In this study, I focussed on the own properties and functions of Images distinguished from narratives in Samganghaengsildo which was the beginning of many books for the enlightenment in Chosun Dynasty. Until now, the reason why the producers of Samganghaengsildo inject the images into this book has been thought for the figuration of stories, and in this thought there has been a tacit and hidden assumption which the final goal of Samganghaengsildo, the Enlightenment of people, could achieve only through the comprehension of the stories. But because of the arrangement of images regardless of narrative development the images of Samganghaengsildo do only make sense if the readers already know the stories written by the Chinese characters and selected among the classics. I insisted that the intention to put the upper, for example the king, the government official and the deceased, on the space of the images bring about this confused arrangement of the images. I also pointed out that there were the uses of repeated patterns in the Samganghaengsildo, the uses of size and certain poses about persons. The most important thing, I think, was that these all patterns of images have converged into the ultimate goal of Samganghaengsildo, the division between the upper and the lower, and operated for rule of ritual(禮治) in the Chosun Dynasty.