The Educational Value of “HyeongaGwebeom(絃歌軌範)”

This study raised the necessity of discussing the educational value of “HyeongaGwebeom” based on the fact that Yoo Jung-gyo(柳重敎, 1832-1893) completed “HyeongaGwebeom” in 1887 as an educational tool to teach and learn Do(道) and actually contributed to Hyeonga education in his Seosa (書社). Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to distinguish and examine the meaning of Hyeonga's behavior and purpose of performance in various literature of the Joseon Dynasty, and to rediscover the educational value of “HyungaGwebeom” by sequentially considering the background and basis for establishing its own status. To summarize the results of the discussion, first, "HyeongaGwebeom" is a comprehensive and substantive result of Yoo Jung-gyo's educational method, focusing on the educational values inherent in Hyunga(絃歌), including major music principles and theories essential for Hyunga education, picture materials including the production and performance of JaYanggeum(紫陽琴). This is interpreted as a further challenge directly implemented in real education by establishing an independent status for the performance of Hyunga(絃歌) and giving concreteness to the previous ideological and abstract meaning of Hyunga(絃歌). Second, "HyeongaGwebeom" was designed as a practical educational material for Ak(樂) used in narrative according to the Neo-Confucian thought system, and aims to realize the national virtue of completing social and national music through Hyeonga as an epic ritual. Third, "Hyunga Gwebeom" was in charge of securing specificity and practical educational functions such as inserting pictures of the production and performance methods of Jayanggeum to directly perform Hyunga's "Hyun" and "Ga," and making it easier to sing the lyrics of poetry and Yuljabo(律字譜).