진주 사곡마을의 고문헌

Abstract

Sagok village where the Jinyang Ha clan (晉陽河氏) members settled down over 400 years ago has produced a variety of histories, dignitaries, and cultures, leaving remains here and there. Among them, there are some old documents, books, and printing blocks stored by the Songjeong head family (松亭 宗家), the Jimyeongdang head family (知命堂 宗家), and descendents of Mukwagong (默窩公 宗中). The Songjeong head family is descendents of the first son Wan (琬, 1588-1617) of Songjeong Ha Soo-il (河受一), and keeps 109 kinds, 133 cases of old documents, 149 kinds, 377 books of old books, and 4 kinds, 113 printing blocks. The Jimyeongdang head family is descendents of the first son Pil-chenng (必淸, 1701-1758) of Ha Se-eung (河世應, 1671-1727), and keeps 3,518 old documents and 636 kinds, 1,444 books of old books. The descendents of Mukwa Ha Gae-hyeon (默窩 河啓賢, 1804-1869), the 6th son of Ha I-tae (涵窩 河以泰, 1751-1830). Ha I-tae is the 8th generation descendent of Songjeong Ha Soo-il, and great grand son of Seokgae Ha Se-hi. They keep 2,072 printing blocks of Jujaeoryu (朱子語類) published by the Jinyang Ha clan residing in Soogok (水谷). Most of the materials mentioned above were introduced to the world by the old document search in Jinju area in 2003 and the wooden printing block search in Gyeongnam area in 2008. But those materials have not received specific attention among researchers and have not been researched. The reason can be found in the obstacles researchers face when they deal with such old documents. For example, as they were written in Chinese characters, idoo [old Korean alphabets to read Chinese characters], and with choseo [cursive writing style], it is very difficult for non-specialists to understand them. Old books should be classified into authors, and order of books, and translated into modern Korean words to be used by people. It is expected that this research will be the momentum for further classification, copying, and translation of raw materials, raising the interests of researchers and their use of those documents, and that deeper researches on the histories of dignitaries, thought, economy, and others focusing on Sagok village and the Jinyang Ha clan.