Hunminjeongeum Haerye
Template:Short description Template:Italic title Template:Infobox Korean name Hunminjeongeum Haerye (Template:Korean; Template:Lit), 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">Template:Cite web</ref> The Hunminjeongeum Haeryebon (Template:Korean) is the printed edition—bon (Template:Korean) means "book" or "edition".
It was written by scholars from the Jiphyeonjeon (Hall of Worthies), commissioned by King Sejong the Great. In addition to an introduction by Sejong (excerpted from the beginning of Hunminjeongeum) and a 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">Template:Cite web</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.Template:Cn 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.Template:Cn
Another copy was reported to be found in 2008. It included detailed footnotes by scholars at the time.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Now kept in the Gansong Art Museum, it is South Korean National Treasure No. 70 and has been included in the UNESCO Memory of the World international register since October 1997.<ref name="UNESCO">Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=":0" />