A Study on the Newly Discovered Korean Manuscript “Husyeoyugui”

Jae-Yeon Park

doi:10.18212/cccs.2017..38.004

This study presents the recently unearthed Korean translated version of Husyeoyu gui. The paper examines the entrance route of Houxiyouji後西遊記 during the Joseon Dynasty and the reception of the Korean translated version Husyeoyugui among the people at the time, as well as related bibliographies and characteristics of the resources. Based on Jungguksoseolhoemobon中國小說繪模本 and Yun Deok-hee(尹德熙)’s Soseolgyeongnamja小說經覽者, both written in 1762, it is assumed that Houxiyouji entered Korea before the mid-18th century, and was read in the royal court and by the aristocratic class. Therefore, the Chinese version of Houxiyouji read by Yun Deok-hee dates further back than its oldest known woodblock-printed version published in 1793 as a Jinchang-Shuyetang-Kanben金閶書業堂刊本, which indicates a now missing older woodblock-printed edition. The existence of the Korean translated version was confirmed later in the bibliographies of Chaeknyeolmyeongnok and Eonmunchaekmoknok, bibliographic resources written in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. However, no actual copy has yet been discovered. Historical value can be attached to the Korean manuscript of Husyeoyugui presented in this paper, because it is unique and indicates the existence of the Korean translated version of Houxiyouji. Of the 11 books containing 20 volumes of the Korean manuscript Husyeoyugui, 9 books have been preserved, while books 1 and 5 are missing. The books are written in a refined half-cursive calligraphic style, and display numerous traces of correction throughout the length of the copy. From this, it is inferred that the copy is the original translated script. The translation is faithful to the original book without any changes in the storyline, with a few exceptions. For example, the chapter titles are identical to those of the Chinese woodblock-printed version, except for one or two characters, and the original name of the hero Son So-seong孫小聖 is translated as Syon Yi-sil, not Son Yi-jin孫履眞. This allows the assumption that the present Korean manuscript Husyeoyugui was translated from a copy of a version other than the preserved woodblock-printed one. Other noteworthy features are the frequent use of slang and loanwords faithful to the colloquial style of the original novel reflective of modern Chinese, especially Wu吳 dialects. However, from the quasi-absence of archaic words, the time of this Korean translation of Houxiyouji is estimated to be around the end of the 19th century.

Citation status

KCI Citation Counts (0)
REFERENCES (23)
열림/닫힘 버튼
* 2021년 이후 발행 논문의 참고문헌은 현재 구축 중입니다.

[other] / 2017 / 후셔유긔, 한글필사본, 9책 / 칸옥션 제4회 미술품경매 도록

[book] 天花才子 / 1992 / 後西遊記 / 上海古籍出版社

[book] 天花才子 / 1985 / 後西遊記 / 春風文藝出版社

[book] 江蘇省社會科學院明淸小說硏究中心文學硏究所 / 1990 / 中國通俗小說總目提要 / 中國文聯出版社

[book] 江蘇省社會科學院 / 1996 / 中國古典小說總目提要(제2권) / 울산대출판부

[book] 中國古代小說百科全書編輯委員會 / 1998 / 中國古代小說百科全書 / 中國大百科全書出版社

[book] 石昌渝 / 2004 / 中國古代小說總目(白話卷) / 山西敎育出版社

[book] 박재연 / 2002 / 中朝大辭典(9책) / 선문대 출판부⋅선문대 중한번역문헌연구소

[book] 박재연 / 2016 / 고어대사전(21책) / 선문대 출판부⋅선문대 중한번역문헌연구소

[book] 민관동 / 2013 / 조선시대 중국고전소설의 출판본과 번역본 연구 / 학고방

[book] 박재연 / 2002 / 韓國所見中國小說戱曲書目資料集⋅十二峰記 / 선문대 중한번역문헌연구소

[journal] 石麟 / 1990 / 略論『西遊記』續書三種 / 明淸小說硏究 / 江蘇省社會科學院文學硏究所⋅明淸小說硏究中心 (2)

[book] 孫楷第 / 1982 / 中國通俗小說書目 / 人民文學出版社

[book] 王淸原 / 2002 / 小說書坊錄 / 北京圖書館出版社

[journal] 劉洪强 / 2011 / 『後西遊記』作者及成書年代考 / 濰坊學院學報 / 濰坊學院 11(3)

[journal] 이갑남 / 2005 / A Study on the Hou Xiyou ji(後西遊記) / 중국어문학 / 영남중국어문학회 (46) : 237~266

[book] 李時人 / 1991 / 西遊記考論 / 浙江古籍出版社

[journal] 이종묵 / 2002 / 조선시대 왕실도서의 收藏에 대하여 / 서지학보 / 서지학회 26

[book] 林辰 / 1988 / 明末淸初小說述錄 / 春風文藝出版社

[thesis] 佐芝蘭 / 2007 / 明末淸初『西遊記』續書硏究 / 碩士 / 四川大學

[journal] 陳美林 / 1985 / 『後西遊記』的思想、藝術及其他 / 文學評論 / 中國社會科學院文學硏究所 (5)

[book] 胡益民 / 2009 / 淸代小說 / 安徽敎育出版社

[journal] 황정연 / 2007 / The Collection of Paintings and Calligraphy at Jipgyeong-dang Hall during King Gojong's Reign(1897~1907) / 문화재 / 국립문화재연구소 (40) : 207~241

KJC Korea
Journal Central

Statistics

Tools

Sharing

Issue List

Citation status