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閔成基 釜山大學校 1986 人文論叢 Vol.29 No.1
The agricultural book, Susshin-tsuanyao, was written in the late Tang Dynasty, By the way, its edition, which was reprinted in Korea in 1590, was found in Japan in 1960. It contains the method of cotton culture written in 171 Chinese characters. According to some scholars of agricultural history, it is their general opinion that it would be only another version appended by later one, not like the original of the late Tang Dynasty. This paper was intended to accomplish the following tasks to examine the authenticity of the document; The first was to analyze the content of the document; the second to compare it with the method of cotton culture written in the later Chinese agricultural books; and the third to compare it with the other Korean one. The obtained results were as follows: First, the method of cotton culture recorded in the Korean edition was not only different from that of the other items in the book, but also from that in the later Chinese agricultural books. Second, it was rather similar to the other Korean agricultural books in culture techniques and in terms. Accordingly, this document is preyed to have been appended by the later one. But there is much likelihood that it would be appended not in the Chinese Tang or Sung Dynasty, but in 1590 when it was reprinted in Korea. If this conclusion is right, the method of cotton culture in Ssushin-tsuanyao, which has been regarded as the Chinese agricultural method, must be recognized as the Korean one. Therefore, it is 66 years earlier at the time of its publication than Nongka-jipsung(農家集成), which has been regarded as the eldest document about cotton culture in Korea. For the above conclusion, we should make sure of the following two points succeedingly: One is the point that it should not be in contradiction to the current agricultural method of those days of 1590 when the book was printed. Another is the other point that in what historical background it was appended and printed in Korea. But the discussion on that matter will be postponed next time.