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by YI, Chae (or YI, Jae) 李縡 & HWANG, P'il-su (or HWANG, Pil-su) 黃泌秀
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Chŭngbo sarye p'yŏllam [or] Jeungbo sarye pyeollam 增補四禮便覽 [The Four Rites for Convenient Browsing, Expanded Edition]
by YI, Chae (or YI, Jae) 李縡 & HWANG, P'il-su (or HWANG, Pil-su) 黃泌秀
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Many woodcut illus. & diagrams. 47; 61; 63; 53 folding leaves. Eight parts in four vols. 8vo (268 x 184 mm.), orig. wrappers. Korea: Sŏŏpdang 書業堂, 1900.
Enlarged edition of this collection of Confucian family rites, printed on "newly cut" (sinjŏn 新鐫) woodblocks and with numerous illustrations. The book was first compiled by Yi Chae (1680-1746), a major official and scholar of his time. This expanded edition was prepared by Hwang P'il-su (1842-1914), an ardent Confucian. In 1867, he had authored a work to "upbraid the heresy" (ch'ŏksa 斥邪) of Catholicism. He is also noted for his edition of his father's work of medicinal drug recipes.
The family rites covered in this book include the capping of boys (when they come of age), marriage, funerals, and ancestral worship. The book is based on the Neo-Confucian interpretation of these key rites as presented by Zhu Xi 朱熹 (1130-1200), the famous Chinese synthesizer of Neo-Confucian thought. The book contains many illustrations of the clothing and furniture used in the various rites, as well as diagrams indicating the placement of the participants. As Yi wrote, "the various tools used can only be clarified by means of illustrations." Hwang wrote that his edition of Yi's book did not "depart from the original appearance" of the earlier edition. The new notes that he added were "all based on ancient writings...and not my subjective opinion."
The book contains a colophon dated 1844, written by Cho In-yŏng (or Jo In-yeong) 趙寅永 (1782-1850) for Yi's original book. Cho was father-in-law to the king and, like Hwang, defended Confucianism against the perceived threat of Catholicism. It is tempting to view the publication of the present book in this light. With a change in belief systems and religious practices, orthodoxy needed clarification, which this book achieves using both text and images.
A reader of this copy has taken notes on the rituals on the inside cover of the volumes.
References
Encyclopedia of Korean Culture 한국민족문화대백과사전. https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/
Korean Old and Rare Collection Information System 한국고문헌종합목록. https://www.nl.go.kr/korcis/index.do.
Enlarged edition of this collection of Confucian family rites, printed on "newly cut" (sinjŏn 新鐫) woodblocks and with numerous illustrations. The book was first compiled by Yi Chae (1680-1746), a major official and scholar of his time. This expanded edition was prepared by Hwang P'il-su (1842-1914), an ardent Confucian. In 1867, he had authored a work to "upbraid the heresy" (ch'ŏksa 斥邪) of Catholicism. He is also noted for his edition of his father's work of medicinal drug recipes.
The family rites covered in this book include the capping of boys (when they come of age), marriage, funerals, and ancestral worship. The book is based on the Neo-Confucian interpretation of these key rites as presented by Zhu Xi 朱熹 (1130-1200), the famous Chinese synthesizer of Neo-Confucian thought. The book contains many illustrations of the clothing and furniture used in the various rites, as well as diagrams indicating the placement of the participants. As Yi wrote, "the various tools used can only be clarified by means of illustrations." Hwang wrote that his edition of Yi's book did not "depart from the original appearance" of the earlier edition. The new notes that he added were "all based on ancient writings...and not my subjective opinion."
The book contains a colophon dated 1844, written by Cho In-yŏng (or Jo In-yeong) 趙寅永 (1782-1850) for Yi's original book. Cho was father-in-law to the king and, like Hwang, defended Confucianism against the perceived threat of Catholicism. It is tempting to view the publication of the present book in this light. With a change in belief systems and religious practices, orthodoxy needed clarification, which this book achieves using both text and images.
A reader of this copy has taken notes on the rituals on the inside cover of the volumes.
References
Encyclopedia of Korean Culture 한국민족문화대백과사전. https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/
Korean Old and Rare Collection Information System 한국고문헌종합목록. https://www.nl.go.kr/korcis/index.do.
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