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A Study on the Characteristics and the Meaning of Waunong Mungyeon Sugi

  • Journal of Humanities
  • 2025, (99), pp.093~123
  • Publisher : Institute for Humanities
  • Research Area : Humanities > Other Humanities
  • Received : October 10, 2025
  • Accepted : November 1, 2025
  • Published : November 30, 2025

KIM, YOUNG JIN 1

1성균관대학교

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ABSTRACT

Waunong Mungyeon Sugi is a collection of miscellaneous writings written by Hong Ji-seop (1754-1822). The entire book is composed of: Hong Ji-seop’s Preface, 160 texts, 12 stories, and 19 appendices of Udeukgwan-gyeon. On the wing of the cover is Hong’s poem believed to have been written immediately after he was released from exile and returned home, and at the end of the book is a handwritten copy of the book written by his friend Sim No-seung after reading this book at the fall of 1816. Chapter 2 summarizes Hong’s family lineage and life, especially introducing a lot of data from his close friend Sim No-seung. This book shows that Hong Ji-seop, along with his father, Hong Byeong-seong, shared the party platform of the Soron Faction during the reign of King Jeongjo, and specifically belonged to the Jeong Dong-jun’s lineage instead. After King Jeongjo’s death, his political alignment shifted in line with the ups and downs of the Noron Faction. Of the 160 regulations of the main text in Chapter 3, Regulations 1 to 20 cover the anecdotes about Hong Ji-seop’s childhood teachers—the Yi Gwang-yun and Yi Gwang-ryeo brothers—and the following Regulation 12 focuses on Yi Gwang-yun’s younger brother. The record of private stories about the two teachers at the beginning and end of this book demonstrates the profound influence of the two masters on Hong Ji-seop’s intellectual development. Nineteen appendices of Udeukgwan-gyeon a re the lessons left to future generations. Chapter 4 reveals the significance of the text along with the content of Regulation 160 of the text. Its significance includes: first, the discovery of an unknown aspect of the Ganghwa School students; second, the anecdotes of Yi Gwang-ryeo; third, the records of the people who shared the political line of the faction during the reign of King Jeongjo; and fourth, the integrity and incorruptibility of the aristocrats and the rules for public duty and service.

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