A comparative study on the reading process of So Myong-so

만옹 서명서의 독서단계론 비교연구

Historical study on the reading in Choson has been mostly focussed on few scholar's viewpoint of reading. This research has revealed the reading process of So Myong-So, and has compared it with the reading process of other scholars. As a result of the research the following have been clarified. a. So Myong-so reorganized the reading process of Yuk Se-ui, divided it into the five steps, and made the systematic reading program. b. So Myong-so made the list of selected books which included not only confucian literature, but also taoist, buddhist, and practical. c. So's reading process and selected booklist were different in system and scale from other's : Im Sang-dok, Hwang Dok-gil, and Kang P'il-hyo.