A STUDY OF BACKGROUNDS ABOUT FORMATION OF “THE KOREAN VERSION” AND “THE ILLUSTRATED VERSION” OF “BUGEI-ZUFU-TSUUSHI”
2001 Volume 33 Issue 2 Pages 24-31
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2001 Volume 33 Issue 2 Pages 24-31
“BUGEI-ZUFU-TSUUSHI” is a set of books about martial arts in Korea and consists of 6 vols. It was published in 1790. In vol.1 to vol.4 of the books, some comments on technics of 24 different types of martial arts in Korea were written. Vol.5 is “THE KOREAN VERSION”. Vol.6 is “THE ILLUSTRATED VERSION”. The contents of “THE KOREAN VERSION” are written by chinese charactors and korean charactors and the contents of “THE ILLUSTRATED VERSION” are flowcharts about technics of martial arts.
In this study, I investigated the background about formation of “THE KOREAN VERSION” and “THE ILLUSTRATED VERSION”. The results can be summarized as follows.
1. “THE KOREAN VERSION” and “THE ILLUSTRATED VERSION” were digest of vol.1 to vol.4 of “BUGEI-ZUFU-TSUUSHI”.
2. “THE ILLUSTRATED VERSION” compensates for lack of illustration in “THE KOREAN VERSION”
3. A pragmatic line of thought that became influential in the latter 18 century in Korea affected the formation of “THE KOREAN VERSION” and “THE ILLUSTRATED VERSION”.
4. PAK-CHE-GA (1750-1815?) is a thinker in RICHO Era on Korea. His opinion in his writting “HEIRON” (This is a part of book that his work “HOKUGAKUGI”) affected the formation of “THE KOREAN VERSION” and “THE ILLUSTRATED VERSION”
