Donginjimunochil Gwon7~9

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.1089

Category

Books & Records

Designated year

1991

Location

종로구, 서울특별시— 서울특별시 종로구

Coordinates

37.572950, 126.979358

As a collection of outstanding poems written by Goryeo scholars, Donginjimun ochil (Collected Poems of the Goryeo Dynasty) was compiled by Choe Hae, a civil official of the late Goryeo Period. Choe Hae was a descendant of Choe Chi-won, a distinguished scholar of the late Silla Period, and was well-known for his uprightness and erudition. He passed the state examinations of both Goryeo and Yuan China and served in various official posts in Goryeo. After resigning from official posts, he devoted himself to writing and compiling books. In the preface of this book, he called poetry ochil and prose cheonbaek and referred to the four-six verse as sayuk. Donginjimun ochil, which consists of 25 volumes, is compiled in the order of ochil, cheonbaek, and sayuk. Printed with woodblocks in the late Goryeo Period, Donginjimun ochil compares and explains the selected pentasyllabic and heptasyllabic poems by famous poets between the periods of Silla and Goryeo, including Choe Chi-won of Silla and O Han-gyeong and Hong Gan of the late Goryeo. Though many of the volumes are now gone, the collection is historically important as the first one discovered of its kind. It also serves as valuable material in the study of bibliography, Chinese literature, and biographies of the period as well as the composition of various poems.

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