• Title/Summary/Keyword: Printing and publishing of collections of works

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Aspects and Characteristics of Publication of Collections of Works Printed at Uiryeong(宜寧) Area, Gyeongnam Province Korea (경남 의령지역의 문집 간행양상)

  • Song, Jung-Sook;Kim, Sinae
    • Journal of Korean Library and Information Science Society
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    • v.50 no.4
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    • pp.305-337
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    • 2019
  • The aim of this thesis is to explore some aspects and characteristics of 109 volumes of collections of works at Uiryeong area in Gyeongsangnam-do Province. The author analyzed type of printing, type of collections of works, their birth year and the family name of the author, the place and the year, and the publisher of the publication of these different 109 kinds of the collections of works. The results are as follows: The collections of works demonstrate their forefathers' academic competencies. The types of printings were divided into 4 types, wood block printing, wooden movable-type printing, new lead-type printing, lithography printing. Of the collections of works 48% were wooden movable-type printing. The types of collections of works were divided into 3 types, Munjip(文集), Yujip(遺集), and Silgi(實記). Of the collections of works 49% were Munjip. The authors were local intellectuals. Of these authors 67% of authors were born in the 19th century. Twenty nine lineage groups published collections of works at Uiryeong area. 90% of the publications were published in the 20th century. In terms of place, 81% of the collections of works were published in the worshipping halls for their ancestors. 63% of the collections of works were published within 50 years after the author had died.