A Study on the Yoon Chi-ho’s “Woosoonsori”

Yoon Chi-ho’s Woosoonsori was banned in 1909 for harming the “security and customs.” Since then, most of the books have been collected in Korea, and the original have not been confirmed. For this reason, there have been several assumptions about the nature of the book that it may be a joke book or a metaphorical novel. However, the discovery of the Korean Book of Seorim, 1908 held at Toyama University in Japan, solved the curiosity about the book. However, as this copy was confirmed, conflicting views were submitted on this material, and points to be supplemented in the study were also suggested. The main issues are which of the Fable or the La Fontaine Fable was translated into a translated version and whether this book can be viewed as a translated version. Meanwhile, the Woosoonsori was re-published in 1910 by the New Corporation in Honolulu, Hawaii, after a embargo was imposed in 1909, but the issue was not discussed because it was difficult to confirm the data. Recently, the Overseas Cultural Heritage Foundation under the Cultural Heritage Administration has investigated Ham Oh-yong’s materials held in The Charles E. Young Research Library in UCLA, USA. He was the first generation to immigrate to the United States as a sugarcane worker. While investigating his data, he discovered two species of 『 』, which were published by Shinhan National Treasure. If you look at the publication of Shinhan National Treasure, you can see the history of Yoon Chi-ho after he came to Hawaii and the circumstances of the re-publication, and there are some differences from the first Daehan Seorim version. In this article, I would like to develop a discussion based on these facts.