Sipchil sachan gogeum tongyo (Essentials of Seventeen Dynastic Histories), Volume 16

Basic information

Designation

National Treasure No.148-1

Category

Books & Records

Era

조선 태종 연간(1412년경)

Designated year

1973

Location

관악구, 서울특별시— 서울 관악구 관악로 1,103호 동 서울대학교 규장각한국학연구원 (신림동,서울대학교)

Coordinates

37.462351, 126.950453

This is a book compiled by Hu Ting-fang, a scholar who carried out activities from the end of the Song Dynasty to the early Yuan Dynasty of China. It selects and summarizes important historical facts contained in 17 leading orthodox historical records of China ranging from Shiji to Hanshu to Wudai Shiji and adds the compiler’s commentaries. The copy (18.7cm long, 25.6cm wide) kept at the Kyujanggak Institute for Korean Studies of Seoul National University only covers 1 out of 16 volumes (Tangshu/Tang Chronicles), which was published in 1412 with the country’s first copper printing types made in 1403 (3rd year of the reign of King Taejong). Among the 37 pages, pages 26, 27, and 28 are missing. Some letters are illegible. This book was published during the early Joseon Period (1392-1910) when the country’s printing technology was at a primitive stage. It is very valuable as one printed with the country’s first copper printing types.

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