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An Analysis on “Ch’aekkwal,” the Compilations of References for the Civil Service Exam in Joseon

  • Journal of Studies in Bibliography
  • Abbr : JSB
  • 2019, (80), pp.297~335
  • DOI : 10.17258/jib.2019..80.297
  • Publisher : Korean Society of Bibliography
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science
  • Received : November 20, 2019
  • Accepted : December 18, 2019
  • Published : December 31, 2019

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ABSTRACT

This article analyses characteristics of “Ch’aekkwal (Compilations of references for the Civil service exam).” Prior to a follow-up research on a development of intellectual world in the late Joseon era, this article examines three widely-distributed published books (Gyǒngsǒ Yuch’o, Gyǒngsa Jipsǒl, and Okch’an) and a manuscript (Sǒngnisǒl Jimnok), clarifying the general characteristics of Ch’aekkwal. Ch’aekkwal compiled references for narrow knowledge on fields of statecraft and Neo-Confucianism rather than aim for broad knowledge. They cited or re-cited authoritative books and did not attach personal theories of the editor. Their editor are unknown, since they were published in needs for a commercial interest or an educational purpose for family members, with a lack of an awareness as an author. Ch’aekkwal show a bibliographic boundary of the late Joseon intellects. They are major historical material for a research on cultural history, with an influence on academical and literary areas of the contemporary Joseon.

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