근대 서양인의 한자 인식 및 학습법 연구-19세기 저작을 위주로

Abstract

This thesis aims to discuss what recognition and learning methods people from other regions, represented Westerner, had about Chinese characters, as part of East-West exchange. For Westerners, Chinese characters are seen as a difficult barrier to learning Chinese. It is an interesting topic to look at how Westerners learned Chinese characters and connected them with Chinese within these completely different concepts of characters, and can also be used as a reference for the current situation in Korea. For the sake of this, we look at the perspective of Figurism before the 19th century, and look at the study of the radicals of Chinese characters and Writing Exercise through the works of Western missionaries such as Morrison(1823), Bridgman(1841), Williams(1874), and Wade(1886). To summarize, it is as follows: Before the 19th century, Figurism's analysis of Chinese character was interpretation without understanding the correct meaning, but it could be seen that it was intended to help strengthen their theological doctrines. The characteristics of Chinese character recognition and learning since the 19th century are as follows: First, they were interested in writing Chinese characters, but they did not want to learn it in a complicated way. Second, they used Radicals as a framework for analysis of Chinese characters, but they wanted to learn them briefly. Third, they mainly focused on reading Chinese characters, and tried to understand them in their complete form. Taking these points together, we can see that Chinese characters are focused on reading, and writing is secondary. This aspect is something that Korean Chinese character learners today can also develop.