• Journal for History of Mathematics
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• v.33 no.4
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• pp.181-222
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• 2020

《Xiangming Suanfa》 is a mathematics text published in 1373. The preface and postscript of the block books 《Xiangming Suanfa》 in the Joseon Dynasty were published as they had been in the original text from China. It can be considered to be based on 《Xiangming Suanfa》 was published in Mingjingtang. The five different block books which is published in Korea, possessed in Yonsei University Library, Sanghuh Memorial Library of Konkuk University and the National Library of Korea, were compared. Through recension-correction of the text, this thesis is intended to help researchers in utilizing the research by providing fine print.

• Korean Linguistics
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• v.64
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• pp.117-168
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• 2014

The purpose of this study is to examine woodblock prints possessed at Komazawa University and Hosa Library which are most precedent versions among a number of different versions of Daemyeongryul- Jikhae. This study has determined that both of two prints are same version printed by identical woodblock and the print of Hosa Library out of them was the fine version printed at an earlier stage. Moreover, this study has compared the print of Hosa Library with that of Mansong's collection of books in Korea University, thus the distinction has been classified into 4 types and described in detail. From the analysis about the difference between the prints of Hosa Library and Mansong's collection of books, this study has extrapolated the versions of Daemyeongryul-Jikhae in the early period of the Joseon Dynasty. This study suggests that the print of Daemyeongryul-Jikhae in Hosa Library demonstrates revision of legal articles and literal translation of the articles and thus, it is valuable literature that provides a basis for revising error in later versions including the print in Mansong's collection of books. Since various simplified forms and variants of Chinese characters were used in the print of Hosa Library, it is useful literature for studying Chinese character culture which was prevalent in local at the early period of the Joseon Dynasty.