Donginjimunsayuk Gwon13~15

Basic information

Designation

Treasure No.710-4

Category

Books & Records

Era

고려 공민왕 4년(1355)

Designated year

1981

Location

서대문구, 서울특별시— 서울특별시 서대문구 충정로9길 10-10 (충정로2가) (재)현담문고

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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. The collection of Choe’s literary works, Jolgocheonbaek, includes Donginmun-seo (Introduction of Donginmun) and Donginsaryuk-seo (Introduction of Donginsaryuk). According to the Donginmunseo, Choe Hae compiled a collection of Korean poems and sorted poems, prose, and four-six pair couplets under the titles of Ochil, Cheonbaek, and Saryuk, respectively. Donginsaryukseo describes the cherye (government officials’ etiquette) separately about Saryuk. However, the extant copy of Donginjimun contains mainly Saryuk rather than Ochil and Cheonbaek. Donginjimun sayuk is one of the oldest anthologies of poems of Silla and Goryeo literati. In addition, Donggukjigam was written by Kim Tae-hyeon during the Goryeo Dynasty, although no copies have survived to the present day. Volumes 13-15 of Donginjimun sayuk were published in Bokju and Jinju. In the end parts of volumes 12 and 15 of the collection kept in the Korea University Library (Treasure No. 710), it is recorded that this edition was published in Bokju-gwan (the old name for Andong-bu) in the fourth year of the reign of King Gongmin (1355) of the Goryeo Dynasty. Judging from the fact that many parts of the writings in volumes 13-15 contain misshapen characters with defaced strokes, it seems that this edition was printed and published a considerable time after being engraved on woodblocks.