Editing Hunminjeongeum Haerye

{{Short description|1446 Korean text on Hangul}}
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'''''Hunminjeongeum Haerye''''' ({{Korean|hangul=훈민정음 해례|hanja=訓民正音解例}}; {{Lit|Explanations and Examples of the Proper Sounds for the Instruction of the People|lk=yes}}), or simply '''''Haerye''''', is a commentary on the ''[[Hunminjeongeum]]'', the original promulgation of the Korean script [[Hangul]]. It was first published in 1446.<ref name="Haeryebon">{{Cite web|date=2023-10-05|title=Reprint of 'Hunminjeongeum' Haerye edition|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/culture/2024/01/142_360529.html|access-date=2024-01-13|website=[[The Korea Times]]|language=en}}</ref> The '''''Hunminjeongeum Haeryebon''''' ({{Korean|hangul=훈민정음 해례본|hanja=訓民正音解例本|labels=no}}) is the printed edition—''bon'' ({{Korean|hangul=본|hanja=本|labels=no}}) means "book" or "edition".

[[File:Hunminjeongum.jpg|thumb|right|The opening page of ''Hunminjeongeum Haeryebon''.<ref name="Haeryebon" />]]

It was written by scholars from the ''[[Jiphyeonjeon]]'' (Hall of Worthies), commissioned by [[Sejong the Great of Joseon|King Sejong the Great]]. In addition to an introduction by Sejong (excerpted from the beginning of ''Hunminjeongeum'') and a [[colophon (book)|colophon]] by the scholar [[Chŏng Inji]], it contains the following chapters:

# "An Explanation of the Design of the Letters" (制字解)
# "An Explanation of the Initials" (初聲解)
# "An Explanation of the Medials" (中聲解)
# "An Explanation of the Finals" (終聲解)
# "An Explanation of the Combination of the Letters" (合字解)
# "Examples of the Uses of the Letters" (用字例)

The original publication is 65 pages<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Dong-hee |first=Hwang |date=2023-10-05 |title=Seminal texts on Hangeul reproduced right down to hanji pages |url=https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20231005000725 |access-date=2024-01-13 |website=[[The Korea Herald]] |language=en}}</ref> printed in [[Hanja]] with right-to-left vertical writing, as is the case for all the ancient Korean literature in [[regular script]], except where Hangul are mentioned and illustrated.{{Cn|date=January 2024}} One original copy was made public in 1940 by Jeon Hyeongpil,<ref name=":0" /> an antique collector who acquired it from Lee Hangeol (1880–1950), whose family had possessed it for generations.{{Cn|date=January 2024}}

Another copy was reported to be found in 2008. It included detailed footnotes by scholars at the time.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-07-17 |title=Court ruling re-sparks tug-of-war over priceless Hangeul handbook |url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/01/281_272451.html |access-date=2024-01-13 |website=[[The Korea Times]] |language=en}}</ref>

Now kept in the [[Gansong Art Museum]], it is South Korean [[National Treasure (South Korea)|National Treasure No. 70]] and has been included in the [[UNESCO]] Memory of the World international register since October 1997.<ref name="UNESCO">{{cite web|title=Hunminjeongum Manuscript |website=UNESCO| url=https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/hunminjeongum-manuscript|access-date=2024-12-16}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.tufs.ac.jp/ts/personal/choes/korean/middle/text/kairei.html Entire publication typed up in hanja and translation in Japanese]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101231071307/http://ling.kgw.tu-berlin.de/Hunminjongum/hun/p01.htm Entire document scanned]: translation available in [[German language|German]]
* [https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/hunminjeongum-manuscript Record in UNESCO Memory of the World Register]

[[Category:Works by Joseon people]]
[[Category:Hangul]]
[[Category:15th-century works]]
[[Category:Memory of the World Register]]


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