Geunsarok Gwon1~3, 9~14

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.1077-1

Category

Books & Records

Designated year

1991

Location

용산구, 서울특별시— 서울 용산구 청파로47길 100, 숙명여대박물관 (청파동2가)

Coordinates

37.545266, 126.965407

An anthology of distinguished Neo-Confucian writings, Reflections on Things at Hand (Geunsarok, or Jinsilu) was compiled in 1175 by two great Song thinkers, Zhu Xi (1130-1200) and Lu Zuqian (1137-1181). The solid logic in the writings made the book an essential reading for Confucian scholars. This particular edition was published in Jinyang in 1370 by a Goryeo scholar-statesman Yi In-min after he received a set, which he had long cherished, as a gift from his friend Bak Sang-chung. The book, printed with woodblocks, contains a colophon providing the name of the publisher and the place where it was published, all in ornamental seal script, as well as the date of publication, that is, 1370. The omission of the character Mu (武) in the reign title Hong-Mu (洪武) signifying the year of publication shows that it was a book of Goryeo (918-1392).

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