山中圖書館 ‘武屹精舍 藏書閣’의 藏書 性格과 意味

Abstract

This study set out to examine the books housed in the Muheuljeongsa Jangseogak, and figure out its impressions and the characteristics of the books. Muheuljeongsa Jangseogak was placed in the hands of the scholars community of Seongju as well as the disciples of Jeong Gu(Hangang, 1543-1620) after his death. With time passage, however, the management efforts grew poor. It was in the latter half of the 18th century that the descendents of Jeong Gu remodeled and revived the library, which housed thousands of books including the Sutaekbon of Jeong Gu. Seong Seop recorded his impressions of the library, saying that it was filled with rare treasure as if he were in a treasure shop in Persia. The main collections of the library included the books Jeong Gu must have read, his publications, the anthologies of his ancestors, books imported from China and published in Joseon, and the anthologies of Joseon scholars published in the former half of Joseon. Seojong presented a variety of literature and history books with books of Sung Confucianism at its heart in addition to a series of printing blocks and old documents. It also performed limited functions of study, reading, and lending. As Jangseogak was situated in the mountain, it was regarded as a significant venue to acquire insights through reading and cultivation. In the latter half of the 19th century, Muheuljeongsa lost most of its functions, when Lee Jin-sang designed a learned circle and dreamt of restoring it.