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The Collection of Chinese Books by Xuyunand Its Historical Significance

  • The Research of the Korean Classic
  • 2015, (32), pp.357-388
  • Publisher : The Research Of The Korean Classic
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature > Korean Literature > Korean classic prose

guomeishan 1

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ABSTRACT

This paper emphasizes the study on the background, the way and the significance of the collection of Chinese books by Xuyun. The background of the collection is Korean officials’ love of Chinese books and the active Korean tribute to China at that time. The ways of collection can be described as the following three aspects: first, the collection from the Chinese envoy; second, the collection during the visiting in China; third, the collection from the translators and exiled scholars. These book sinfluenced not only Xuyun’s literary thoughts but also Korean literature at that time. During the reading, Xuyun not only focused on some certain literature school, but tried to purse the creative literary viewpoint. Because of the influence of the Chinese books, Xuyun’s works value the personalities; follow the demand of the development of era. He shows the characters of a prophet in Korean literature.

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