조선후기 불교 講學私記의 종류와 定本化의 필요성

Abstract

It seems that an educational commentary of Buddhism in the late Joseon dynasty occurs with the formation of Buddhist education. An educational commentary of Buddhism is a commentary about the study of and discussion about Buddhism. Certain texts examine the history of Buddhism. These also explain phrases used in discussion and the expression of personal opinion during the study of Buddhism. This commentary has some similarity to the p`ilgi Genre with Ch`agi Style which was popular with Confucianism in the late Joseon dynasty. The Ch`agi Style is similar to an individual commentary on Buddhist scriptures. This is because it includes what the students saw and experienced. However, an individual commentary on Buddhist scriptures has an educational character mostly, so it could be a different text. Some commentaries about Buddhism include interpreted letters or contexts of Buddhist education textbooks that are written personal opinions about several scriptures or theses. Buddhist education textbooks were comprised of individual commentary on Buddhist scriptures in existing research. However, the category of educational commentaries is not limited to only Buddhist education textbooks. Manuscripts of summaries of Buddhist doctrine written in the late 19th century show educational interest. Even though these commentaries are significant they weren’t accepted as cultural assets and were disregarded by researchers. Therefore, we need to study educational commentaries of Buddhism in order to understand Buddhist thought in the late Joseon dynasty. Original text conversion is important to the study of educational commentaries. The three steps are collection, input of Chinese characters written in cursive style, and compilation. We can gather widespread educational commentaries in all parts of the country through collection, classification in accordance with the input of Chinese characters and making original texts by compilation. Completing this process would be begin in earnest research about educational commentaries.