이현희본 『張孝根日記』 비판 －1916년~1920년을 중심으로－

Abstract

This study revealed the falsity of Lee Hyun-Hee’s Version circulated in academic circles by comparing and examining The Diary of Jang Hyo-Geun held in the Independence Hall of Korea and Lee Hyun-Hee’s Version deciphered and reorganized by Lee Hyun-Hee. The Diary of Jang Hyo-Geun is the diary of Jang Hy-Geun who was a Cheondogyo figure and independence activist, and the diary of 30 years from 1916 through 1945 was written in Chinese characters. This material was discovered by Lee Hyun-Hee in 1975 for the first time, deciphered and written out fair, and the diary from 1916 through 1939 only was opened to academic circles over three years. Lee Hyun-Hee’s Version drew attention in the then academic circles and has been utilized as a material for historical studies until recently. Since 30% or more than 50% of Lee Hyun-Hee’s Version has been modified and manipulated from the original, it cannot be practically used as a material for historical studies. Lee Hyun-Hee’s Version was drawn up with the original Diary of Jang Hyo-Geun as a script, reflecting the materials like 36 Years of History of Korea under Japanese Invasion that sorted out the historical records surveyed and excavated until the 1970s and the research achievements accomplished by academic circles of the time. With the appearance of Lee Hyun-Hee’s Version, ironically, The Diary of Jang Hyo-Geun held in the Independence Hall of Korea has gradually grown away from researchers’ eyes though it is the original. This phenomenon appeared perhaps because Lee Hyun-Hee’s Version contained the content corresponding to the research atmosphere of academic circles in the 1970s. In particular, the content of the diary that would connect the origin of the idea of independence to Silhak (Korean practical science, Realist School of Confucianism), systematizing it into Silhak through the Enlightenment Thought to independent thought matched the atmosphere of Silhak studies at the time well. The situation of the times in the 1970s, when there was a strong fever of modernization and the atmosphere of the academic circles to find the historical modernity to correspond to that in ‘Silhak’ might give birth to an unprecedented, weird work like Lee Hyun-Hee’s Version. Lee Hyun-Hee’s Version can be said to be a case of pathological action of the times, which pulled researchers away from the job of the criticism of historical records, which is the most basic of historical studies. The lesson given to us presently by Lee Hyun-Hee’s Version is that it paradoxically allows us to realize the importance of the criticism of historical records again along with the appropriateness that important materials like Diary of Jang Hyo-Geun must be published by a reliable institution. In other words, it is necessary to pay attention to the Diary of Jang Hyo-Geun concealed by Lee Hyun-Hee’s Version to recover its original look and value. This study is virtually a mere work of preparation for that.