A study on The Acceptance of 『Jeon-ye Geumganggyeong』 by 『Jeon Jungyong』

Abstract

『Jeon Jungyong(篆中庸)』 is a book published by Park Young(朴詠) in 1544 by transcribing the main text of 『Jungyong janggu(中庸章句)』 in 33 types of Seal script. Since it is impossible to create all 33 styles by Park Young alone, this paper focused on identifying the reference book, 'Dangbon(唐本)', which he mentioned in the epilogue. However, until the Tang Dynasty, records of various character types belonging to Seal script were examined, but there was no extant data that could confirm the actual writings. A little bit, Wei Xu(韋續)'s 「56 style's writing(五十六種書)」 thought that there was a possibility of be a model. Because there are many types of Japchejeon(雜體篆) and explanations of the creative process. During the Northern Song Dynasty Jingde(景德, 1004-1007) years, Monk Dawken(釋道肯) added 「56 style's writing」 to <18 style's Seal script Monument(十八體篆書碑)」 and published 『32 style's Seal script Gold Sutra(三十二體篆書金剛經)』. The original disappeared early, but many reissue versions were produced afterwards. In 1288, 'the reissued by Ken monk’ version with a preface written by Chen Shuzhao(陳叔昭), 『Jeon-ye Geumganggyeong(篆隸金剛經)』 was introduced to Korea. This many woodblock versions still have survived to this day. It proves that the influence was great in the meantime. It is presumed that Park Young used this as a standard and published 『Jeon Jungyong』. 『Jeon-ye Geumganggyeong』 contains 32 types of japchejeon names, sources, and actual letter shapes. The 33 types of 『Jeon Jungyong』 coincide with the 29 types of 『Jeon-ye Geumganggyeong』. Afterwards, in the preface and epilogue to 『Jeon-un pyeonlam(篆韻便覽)』 written by Gyeong Yu-Gyeom(景惟謙) in 1651, the existence and interrelationship between 『Jeon Jungyong』 and 『Jeon-ye Geumganggyeong』 were mentioned. And in 1675, 『Jeonhae simgyeong(篆海心鏡)』 through the preface written by Kim Man-Gi(金萬基), it can be seen that the 38 japchejeons of 『Jeon Daehag(篆大學)』 completed by Kim Jin-Heung(金振興) in 1661 are based on 『Jeon-ye Geumganggyeong』. In all, it can be confirmed that 『Jeon Jungyong』 played a leading role.