• The Journal of Korean Philosophical History
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• no.50
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• pp.269-303
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• 2016

There are two ways of viewing the Taoism of the Joseon dynasty. One is to view it from the point of view in Joseon, another is to view it from the outside of Joseon, i.e. foreigners' point of view. Maurice Courant(maurice courant,1865~1935)'s Bibliographie Coreenne is the Korean first bibliography(書誌) recorded from the latter's point of view. This research examined the Taoist scripture in Maurice Courant's Bibliographie Coreenne. Maurice Courant classified the Taoist scripture of the Joseon into three: '1. Sacred books(經書類)', '2. Worship of Gwanseongjegun(關聖帝君), Munchangjegun(文昌帝君), Buwoojegun (孚佑帝君)', '3. Various works'. Through this category, it was determined that the belief in three gods (Gwanseongjegun Munchangjegun Buwoojegun) was widely prevalent in the Joseon dynasty in the late 19th century. In the chapter 1, he composed the books of representative Taoist scripture as Lao-tzu and Chuang-tzu, 'God(太上)', and 'King of heaven(九天上帝)'. Maurice Courant determined in chapter 2 that 1890s' Joseon Gwanwoo (關帝) belief was activated, and mentioned 'Musangdan(無相壇)', namely, Joseon's first religious organization. However, he could not determine that the scriptures relevant to three gods were recorded to be divine revelations uttered by gods. 19th century's 'Musangdan' was not introduced by being imported with Chinese Taoist scripture, but was published with the Joseon Taoist scripture through Gangpil(降筆: recording divine revelations uttered by gods). Also, through Maurice Courant's Bibliographie Coreenne, the point that 'belief in three gods' was prevalent in the social leader group during that period could be determined. The reason how such research could be possible seems, because Maurice Courant had Korean assistants who were good at Chinese classics. In chapter 3, Maurice Courant arranged the books based on Taoist ethic and the scriptures on Taoist social practical movement. Through the interpretation of Taoism bibliographies included in Maurice Courant's Bibliographie Coreenne, first, it could be determined that belief based on the three gods(三聖信仰) was prevalent during the 19th century, second, there were lots of the Taoist scriptures made in the late Joseon, third, the first Taoist religious organization and Taoist social movement form could be investigated.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.199-226
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• 2008

We investigate astronomical materials listed in the book of Bibliographie Coreenne written by Maurice Courant. He classified ancient Korean books into nine Divisions (部) and thirty six Classes (類), and published them as three volumes (ranging from 1894 to 1896) and one supplement (in 1901). In total, 3,821 books including astronomical ones are listed together with information on physical size, possessional place, bibliographical note, and so forth. Although this book is an essential one in the field of Korea bibliography and contains many astronomical materials such as Cheon-Mun-Ryu-Cho 天文類抄, Si-Heon-Seo 時憲書, and Cheon-Sang-Yeol-Cha-Bun-Ya-Ji-Do 天象列次分野之圖, it has not been well known to the public nor to astronomical society. Of 3,821 catalogues, we found that about 50 Items (種) are related to astronomy or astrology, and verified that most of them are located in the Kyujanggak Royal Library 奎章閣. We also found an unknown astronomical chart, Hon-Cheon-Chong-Seong-Yeol-Cha-Bun-Ya-Ji-Do 渾天總星列次分野之圖. Because those astronomical materials are not well known to international astronomical community and there have been few studies on the materials in Korea, we here introduce and review them, particularly with the astronomical viewpoint.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Information Management Conference
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• 2010.08a
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• pp.171-176
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• 2010

이 연구는 그동안 밝혀지지 않았던 꼴레쥬드 프랑스에 소장된 한국 고문헌을 실사(實事)하여 소장본의 규모와 전래경위, 자료적 특징을 살피는 것을 목적으로 하였다. 특히, 구한말 한국 고문헌의 현황과 프랑스 내 한국 고문헌 소재파악의 중요한 참고문헌인 "한국서지(Bibliographie Coreenne)"를 저술한 모리스 꾸랑(Maurice Courant, 1865-1935) 개인 소장본과 꼴레쥬드 프랑스 소장본과의 관계를 규명하였다. 이를 통하여 국외 한국 문화재의 기초조사에 일조를 하고자 하며 향후 활용방안을 모색해 보고자 한다.

• KLA journal
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.7-11
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• 1970

불란서인 ‘모리스 · 쿠우랑’(Maurice Courant 1865-1925)은 이조 말 주한 불란서 공사관 서기로 근무하면서 당시 우리 나라 사람으로서도 생각하지 못하였던 한국의 서지에 대하여 많은 관심과 흥미를 가지고 다년간 여러 가지 어려움을 극복하면서도 경범하게 또한 세밀하게 조사 연구하여, 3,821종의 한국서적을 해제 수록한 ‘한국서지’(Bibliographie Coreenne) 전 4권을 1894-1899년에 발간하였고, 이책 이외에도 한국의 문화와 서지에 관한 저작과 논문을 많이 발표하였다. 특히 전기한 ‘한국서지’는 우리나라 고전을 대외적으로 소개한 시초의 것이라고 할 수 있다. 이에 대하여 1896년 그의 본국의 불란서에서도 그의 공적을 인정하여 문예 아카데미로부터 ‘스타니슬라 · 쥘리앙 상’(Stanisla Julien)을 받게까지 되었던 것이다. 우리는 이와 같은 그의 한국의 문화와 서지연구에 대한 공적을 때 늦은 감이 없지 않으나 우리 나라로서는 그의 유족이라도 찾아서 그의 공적을 치하하여야 마땅할 것이며, 이렇게 함으로써 한불 양국간의 우호와 세대 증진에 기여할 것으로 사료되기에 그의 업적에 관한 자료를 게재하는 것이다.