Donginjimunsayuk Gwon1~6

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.710-2

Category

Books & Records

Era

고려 공민왕 4년(1355)

Designated year

1981

Location

성북구, 서울특별시— 서울 성북구 안암로 145, 중앙도서관 (안암동5가,고려대학교안암캠퍼스(인문사회계))

Coordinates

37.588758, 127.019189

Donginjimun sayuk (Anthology of Poems of Silla and Goryeo Literati) was edited by Choe Hae (1287-1340), a prominent literary figure during the Goryeo Dynasty. This collection of Choe’s literary works, Jolgocheonbaek, includes Donginmun-seo (Introduction of Donginmun) and Donginsaryuk-seo (Introduction of Donginsaryuk). According to the Donginmunseo, Choe Hhae compiled a collection of Korean poems and sorted poems, prose, and four-six pair couplets under the titles of Ochil, Cheonbaek, and Saryuk, respectively. However, the extant copy of Donginjimun contains mainly Saryuk rather than Ochil and Cheonbaek. This anthology of poems of Silla and Goryeo literati consists of six volumes bound into two books. In addition, Donggukjigam was written by Kim Tae-hyeon during the Goryeo Dynasty, although no copies have survived to the present day. As for the characters - such as geon(健), mu(武), un(運), yo(堯), and chi(治), which are substituted names used to represent successive kings of the Goryeo Dynasty due to the taboo on naming kings - contained in the last part of the volume 5, a number of characteristics common to the editions of the Goryeo period can be seen, such as the omission of strokes from certain characters or the use of different characters. Volume 1 is damaged in parts, including the preface, the table of contents, and the upper right corner of pages 1 and 2. This edition was engraved on woodblocks in the 4th year of the reign of King Gongmin (1355) of Goryeo. Experts assume that it was printed during the early Joseon Dynasty.

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