임진란 시기 明軍의 한국 문헌 수집과 편찬

Abstract

This paper analyzes the cases of collecting Korean documents in Korea or editing books on Korean studies by figures in the Ming Armed Forces in the period of Japanese Invasion of Korea in 1592. The Ming Armed Forces did incidentally the activity of cultural exchange when they entered into Korea in the period of Japanese Invasion of Korean in 1592. The war gave great demage to all of the countries which entered the war, but provided the opportunity of mutual exchange in cultural aspect. Figures in the Ming Armed Forces felt the sense of sharing the same script, awe, and the sense of difference when they encountered Korean documents. The main route of their acquisition of Korean documents are from Korean officials who received them. Sometimes, they paid for Korean books they wanted or showed an enthusiastic attitude to visit Korean Literati to search for documents. Korean government showed negative attitude when they received the request from figures in the Ming Armed Forces to collect Korean documents because of the outflow of materials and the problem of the level. Korean figures were divided into two parts. One group showed the similar attitude with Korean government and the other demonstrated a cooperative attitude for the purpose of taking the chance to make a good cultural exchange.