Bakjiwon Yeolhailgi Chogobon (Collection)

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.2313

Category

Books & Records

Era

조선 후기

Designated year

2026

Location

용인시, 경기도— 경기도 용인시 수지구 죽전로 152(죽전동, 단국대학교) 단국대학교석주선기념박물관

Coordinates

37.321194, 127.132536Kakao address conversion

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The 'Park Ji-won's Jehol Diary Draft Manuscripts' collection held at Dankook University's Seokjuseon Memorial Museum represents material documenting the initial creation stage of the 'Jehol Diary,' compiled by Park Ji-won (1737-1805) following his travels to Beijing and Jehol in the Qing Dynasty and subsequent return. These constitute the earliest draft manuscripts created by Park Ji-won after his return from Qing, with various transcribed versions of the 'Jehol Diary' preserved domestically and internationally recognized as derivative works structured after these original documents regarding content organization, sequencing, and substantive material. The Seokjuseon Memorial Museum's collection comprises ten types totaling twenty volumes, though not all represent Park Ji-won's autograph manuscripts, evidencing revision and supplementation processes undertaken by his descendants and literary disciples. Among these ten types of twenty volumes, four types comprising eight volumes warrant priority designation as National Treasures based on Park Ji-won's autograph manuscript status: (1) 'Yanhaengeumcheong' volumes on merit and demerit containing Western learning terminology and newly-incorporated content absent from published versions; (2) 'Yanhaengeumcheongrok' and 'Yanhaengeumcheonggi' representing the earliest manuscript form; (3) Four volumes of 'Jehol Diary' containing prefaces and sectional divisions; and (4) 'Jehol Refuge Record' incorporating substantial content not present in published editions. The 'Park Ji-won Jehol Diary Draft Manuscripts' possess considerable bibliographic value through revealing manuscript form at initial creation and subsequent revision and adaptation processes undertaken by the author and his descendants, warranting National Treasure designation considering its importance as a representative late-Joseon practical learning work and its historical influence on contemporary Joseon society.

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