Dongsa Gangmok

Dongsa Gangmok (Compendium of the eastern history) is a Korean history book written by Ahn Jeong-bok (1712-1791) about the Joseon dynasty. It is composed of 20 volumes, and describes from Gojoseon to Goryeo.[1][2]

Dongsa Gangmok
Hangul
동사강목
Hanja
Revised RomanizationDongsa gangmok
McCune–ReischauerTongsa kangmok

The book consists of 17 volumes for the East and 3 volumes for the East. The narrative style is a one-year-old style and is a representative history book of the time of study.[3]

History

In 1756, the author began compiling at the age of 45 and completed the first draft in three years. Afterwards, he exchanged opinions with his teachers and friends in a letter and revised the draft. He completed it in 1778, 22 years after he began compiling.[4]

Content Configuration

The contents of the text were described in 'Gang-Mok' form, with important events marked in a 'Gang', and articles related to them were written down in a 'Mok'. Where his opinions should be put, he wrote two lines of 'An(meaning "look")' and two lines of comments.[5]

Opening

It contains a legend of the description and a map of the map of Dangun, a map of three last names of Shilla, Goguryeo map, Baekje map, and a map of Goryeo.[4]

References
  1. "동사강목 (東史綱目)". Empas / EncyKorea.
  2. "동사강목 (東史綱目)". Empas / Britannica.
  3. "한국고전번역원 - KRpia". www.krpia.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  4. "동사강목(東史綱目) - 한국민족문화대백과사전". encykorea.aks.ac.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  5. "A museum of Silhak 'Dongsa gangmok'". Retrieved 2018-05-05.


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