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Hyojong's reading and translation of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

  • Journal of Korean Literature
  • 2015, (32), pp.67-88
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Literature
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature
  • Published : November 30, 2015

Kim, Soo Young 1

1서울시립대학교

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ABSTRACT

This paper aims to reveal for the first time how Hyojong(孝宗, 1619∼1659), 17th king of Joseon, enjoyed reading Romance of the Three Kingdoms(三國志演義), as well as the cultural meaning of the king's such enjoyment. These aspects were identified as follows through the analysis of Comment on Queen Inseon's dictation of Romance of the Three Kingdoms in Korean(仁宣王后御書諺書三國演義跋) by Sim Ik-un(沈翼雲). First, King Hyojong, during his reign(1649-1659), read Romance of the Three Kingdoms and translated it into Korean. Second, King Hyojong translated Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and dictated it to Queen Inseon(仁宣王后) and court ladies. Third, King Hyojong-translated Romance of the Three Kingdoms was handed down to his third daughter, princess Sukmyeong(淑明公主), to whose great-great child Sim Ik-un the translation was handed down. Fourth, King Hyojong-translated Romance of the Three Kingdoms existed in the title of Queen Inseon's Translation of Romance of the Three Kingdom, comprising 13 books from book 5 to 17, on June 16, 1763 when Sim Ik-un wrote Comment on Queen Inseon's Translation of Romance of the Three Kingdom. These findings of this study revealed afresh that King Hyojong royal family of Joseon had a very positive perception of novels.

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