『醫方類聚』에 대한 板本 연구 = A study on the xylographica of『Classified Collection of Medical Prescriptions』

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

『Classified Collection of Medical Prescriptions』(1445) is a book complied the medical achievements of China and Choseon in those times and it's our source of pride to have it in this country. It also deserves careful investigation since this book can provide some clues of features of missing books in China and Korea. The extent of accuracy of xylographica of old books determines the possibility of in depth further study. So authors attempted to investigate the xylograhica of 『Classified Collection of Medical Prescriptions』, one of the 3 main books in Korea. Previous investigation done by Miki Sakae and Kim Doo Jong are noticeable. On the basis of their respective works, we analyzed 『Annals of the Choseon Dynasty』to find records related with 『Classified Collection of Medical Prescriptions』and estimated the situation of its publication. We tired figure the situation of those times of China, Japan and Korea(including North Korea) and tried to estimate the book's original xylographica as much as we could.
By King Sejong's command, the first draft of 『Classified Collection of Medical Prescriptions』consisted of 365 books was made by collaboration of civil officials and medical officers during the period from 1443 to 1445.
And then from 1451(first year of Moonjong's reign) to 1464(10th year of Sejo's reign) lots of manpowers were employed and through the porcess of countless erasure, proofreading, arrangement and rearrangement revised version of 『Classified Collection of Medical Prescriptions』which is called by Sejo text was completed. After 3 years of wood engraving work, the first printed form of 『Classified Collection of Medical Prescriptions』(alternately called Seongjong text) in folding case consisted of 266 chapter, 264 volumes came into the world in 1477.(8th year of Seongjong's reign). This was 32 years after the initial completion of the edition.
So 『Classified Collection of Medical Prescriptions』exists in three forms as Sejong text, Sejo text and Seongjong text respectively. Since those texts were plundered during the Japanese invasion of Korea in 1592, none of the original copy remains within Korea.
The texts were constantly moved to kadeungcheongjeong, to Kongdeungpyeongjo, Jesookoan of Edo, to East university of department of classic books, to Cheoncho archives, to the Imperial Museum and finally is kept in the royal palace at present. (Doseoryo text Eulhae printing type)
Reduced-size republication books of 『Classified Collection of Medical Prescriptions』in wooden type were imported at the time of "Byeongja Korea-Japan Treaty in 1876" and of those 2 books, one copy was treasured in the Royal Household of the Yi Dynasty and than was lost during the Korean War circa 1950. The other remaining copy has been kept xuccesively by Kojong's imperial grant, Royal doctor hong Cheol Bo, Hong Taek Joo, Hong Ik Pyo the book agent, and now is kept in Yonsei University Library and this is the only existing copy in Korea at present.
In 1965, Dongyang Medical college published the trascription version of 『Classified Collection of Medical Prescriptions』consisting of 11 books and then in 981 after edition and arrangement by Choonghoa(中華) publishing company, photoprint copy of 『Classified Collection of Medical Prescriptions』was published in Keumgang(金剛) publishing company.
In 1991, October Yeokang(麗江) publishing company, photoprint copy of 『Classified Collection of Medical Prescriptions』which were previously translated into Korean by North Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine and then issued by medical publishing company.
In China, two institutes, Zhejiang Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Huzhou Traditional Chinese Medical Hospital cooperated to publish a revised and marked text consisting of 11 books by adding marking points to Japanese Edohakhoondang text which were used as a reference.
Both the Korean and Chinese texts issued were grounded by the 『Classified Collection of Medical Prescriptions』kept in the royal palace.
Any further study concerning 『Classified Collection of Medical Prescriptions』can acquire its accuracy and objectivity when the Japanese text kept in the royal palace is taken as an original copy.