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A Study on Writings, Contents and a Text Comparison of the Seven-character Regulated Verses in Hyangsansamchebeop

Kang, Soon-Ae 1

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This paper engages in writings, contents and a text comparison of the 62 poems of the seven-character regulated verses, which appear in the First Cast Gapinja-Type Edition of Hyangsansamchebeop. It will explore three themes in the following order: ⅰ) the composition, selected works and writing-related matters of the Hyangsansamchebeop poems; ⅱ) the contents of the Hyangsansamchebeop poems; and a text comparison of Hyangsansamchebeop poems with Zhu Jincheng’s Bai Juyi ji jian jiao(白居易集箋校). 61 poems of Hyangsansamchebeop were collected in Anthology of Poems by Bai Juyi(白居易文集). Bai Juyi ji jian jiao cites that there are 3 poems from Book 13, 3 poems from Book 14, 5 poems from Book 15, 6 poems from Book 16, 3 poems from Book 17, 3 poems from Book 19, 4 poems from Book 20, 1 poem from Book 23, 7 poems from Book 24, 3 poems from Book 25, 3 poems from Book 26, 4 poems from Book 28, 9 poems from Book 34, 4 poems from Book 35, 1 poem from Book 36, and 1 poem from Book 37. 1 poem did not appear on the Anthology of Poems by Bai Juyi(白居易文集). As a whole 62 poems. The poems included in Hyangsansamchebeop show us matters related to the writing of the poems such as the time, place or government post Bai was in when he wrote the works. Bai selected the most works from his 50s and from his writings done in Luoyang, Kangzhou, Changan, Suzhou, and Hangzhou. Bai Juyi went through various government posts and wrote a lot of poems in his 30s up to 70s; he wrote a satirical poem in his 30s in Changan; a satirical and quiet poem in his 40s in Kangzhou; a non-parody poem in his 50s in Changan, Hangzhou, Suzhou and Luoyang; a non-parody poem in his 60s and 70s in Luoyang. His official life bore close relations to the writing time and place and had a great influence in the creation of the poems. The poems contain scenes of Bai Juyi’s everyday life and surroundings with 28 poems for “Personal relationships with others”, 19 poems for “Sentiments”, and 15 poems for “Scenery”. Altogether, there are 62 poems in 3 categories. A comparison done of the First Cast Gapinja-Type Edition of Hyangsansamchebeop (Model A), created around the 10th year of King Jungjong’s reign, with Zhu Jincheng’s Bai Juyi ji jian jiao (Model B) yielded the following results. First, the original texts of Model A and Model B have differences in letters: there are instances of Model A and Model B having similar Chinese characters so that there are no great differences in the translation; instances of Model A and B having contrasting letters so that it is difficult to know the differences in translation; instances where later annotations show that the letter of Model A is more correct; and instances where later annotations show that the letter of Model B is more correct. Secondly, the annotations which appear in Model B complete the translation of the original text. Thirdly, the poems in Model A and Model B have the same titles, yet Model B sometimes has different titles for the poems in the annotations. The results of this study will be used in the most fundamental studies of Bibliography, Chinese Literature, Chinese poetry which includes the study of Bai Juyi’s poetry.

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