朝鮮前期에 刊行된 中國古典文獻 고찰 ― 『攷事撮要』를 중심으로

Abstract

According to 『攷事撮要 kǎo-shì-cuō-yào』, the total number of Chinese Classical Books confirmed at early days of the Joseon Dynasty are about 640 copies. Among them, there are 211 copies of domestic books, 319 copies of Chinese books, and 110 copies unidentified. In addition, Chinese books are divided into 『經史子集 jīng shǐ zǐ jí』. It turned out to have 78 copies of 經部 (jīng bu), 34 copies of 史部 (shǐ bu), 137 copies of 子部 (zǐ bu), and 70 copies of 集部 (jí bu). Furthermore, some of the Chinese books were re-selected to Chinese classical literature, classified into poetry, prose, fiction, and etc by genre for consideration. Although, some of the woodblocks catalog at 『攷事撮要 kǎo-shì-cuō-yào』 are lost or omitted during the early days in Joseon Dynasty. Nevertheless, it made a huge influences and literary value of the Joseon Dynasty are believed to have been significant. It is noteworthy that Chinese books were published as editions by Joseon woodblocks. There are considerable significance of Korea and China publication cultural exchange, because some of the materials in Korea are rare and precede current Chinese materials.