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A Study on the List of General Books Included in Sillok-Hyeongjian in the 17th Century

Mi-Kyung Ahn 1

1성균관대학교

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The respective National Archive (史庫) of the Joseon Dynasty left the Sillok-Hyeongjian (實錄形止案), the collection list of book stock including Silloks (Annals of Joseon Dynasty). This study examined the list of general books included in 31 kinds of Sillok-Hyeongjian which had been recorded throughout the 17th century at four National Archives which were the National Archive of Jeoksangsan, the National Archive of Odaesan, the National Archive of Taebaeksan, and the National Archive of Jeongjoksan. The results found were summarized as follows. First, the National Archives which included the longest list of general books among them was the National Archive of Jeongjoksan, as it contained one third of the entire books. The National Archive of Jeongjoksan contained much more Euigwe (Ritual Protocol Manuals, 儀軌類), Cheonmunsanbeop (Astronomy and Arithmetics, 天文算法類), Individual Collections and etc. than others. Thus, it was found that the National Archive of Jeongjoksan had special status and functions compared to other National Archives in the Late Joseon Period. There were no significant quantitative differences in collections between the remained three National Archives except the National Archive of Jeongjoksan. Next, when this study looked at the yearly changes of the volumes of general books included in the Hyeongjian in the 17th century, it was possible to see that it was growing sharply in the first half of the 17th century, and maintained a certain size in the second half of the 17th century. Through these changes, this study could get a sense of the process of rebuilding of the National Archives in the 17th century which were destroyed by Japanese Invasion (1592) and Manchu Invasion (1636), as the general books included in the Hyeongjian well reflected the situation of the National Archives at the time. In conclusion, this study hopes that the results of this study would provide in-depth research data to related researchers, and also help discover valuable books by rearranging the list of royal books in the collections of the Gyujanggak Library (Royal Library of the Joseon Dynasty) and the Royal Jangseogak Library.

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.
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