木活字 사용과 족보 간행의 활성화: 조선시대 족보와 중국 明 · 淸代 족보의 비교

Abstract

Two printing tools, woodblocks and movable types, were used to publish genealogy books called zupu/jokbo (族譜), zongpu/jongbo (宗譜), and jiapu/gabo (家譜) in Ming-Qing Dynasties in China and Joseon Dynasty in Korea. In both countries, the number of genealogy books printed with wooden movable type began to increase around the 18th century, and in the 19th century, wooden type printing was far more prevalent than woodblock printing. Wooden movable type was characterized by easy typesetting and low cost, so it was suitable for publishing genealogy books that had to be newly edited and published only a small number of copies for each generation.BR The genealogy books printed with wooden types spread thanks to the emergence of publishers carrying wooden types and the development of regional publishing culture. Among the places with such conditions were Jiangnan(江南) region in the Qing Dynasty, and the vicinity of Seoul in the Joseon Dynasty. In addition, although they were limited in demand, genealogy books printed with wooden movable type commonly spread in both Korean and Chinese traditional societies. This was the result of exchanges of publishing culture in East Asia.