존 웹의 《중화제국의 언어가 태초의 언어일 개연성을 탐색하는 역사적 논고》에 나타난 17세기 영국의 중국인식
John Webb’s An Historical Essay Endeavoring a Probability That the Language of the Empire of China is the Primitive Language and the Knowledge of China in 17th Century England
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존 웹의 <중화제국의 언어가 태초의 언어일 개연성을 탐색하는 역사적 논고>는 서양 중국학의 역사에서 매우 흥미로운 텍스트이다. 그 텍스트는 기독교 성경, 중국에 관한 예수회의 텍스트들, 중국역사리고, 그리고 보편언어와 역사에 관한 서양 텍스트들 등 많은 자료를 이용한다. 이 자료들을 이용하여, 웹은 중국어가 창세기에 나오는 태초의 언어라고 주장한다. 고대성, 단순성, 보편성, 표현의 정숙성, 유용성, 간결성이 그 증거이다. 오늘날의 시각에서 웹의 이론은 매우 터무니없고 부정확하다. 그러나, 중국어를 탐색하는 최초의 서양 텍스트로서 그것이 가진 위치로 인해 웹의 텍스트는 매우 중요하다.
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John Webb’s An Historical Essay Endeavoring a Probability That the Language of the Empire of China is the Primitive Language is a most interesting text in the history of Western Sinology. It uses many sources, including the Christian Bible, Jesuit texts about China, records of Chinese history, and western texts on universal language and history. Using these sources, Webb asserts that the language of China is the primitive language in Genesis. Antiquity, simplicity, generality, modesty of expression, utility, brevity are its proofs. In todays view, Webb’s theory is very absurd and inaccurate. However, in the development of Western Sinology, it is very important because of its position as the first Western text that enquires the Chinese language. Until recently, Western Sinology or International Sinology has not been fully acknowledged in Korea. An observation of John Webb’s book gives us a chance to research the historical background about the Western knowledge on China.
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