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| − | There had been several hypotheses regarding the invention of Hunminjeongeum, particularly on the shapes of its letters until the discovery of Hunminjeongeum haerye explaining its letter design principle and method. Its origins variously included imitating an ancient script, the Old seal script, Sanskrit, the Phags-pa script, and even inspiration by Korean traditional window lattice. The most durable hypothesis among them insisted Hunminjeongeum’s relevance to the Phags-pa script. | + | There had been several hypotheses regarding the invention of Hunminjeongeum, particularly on the shapes of its letters until the discovery of ''Hunminjeongeum haerye'' explaining its letter design principle and method. Its origins variously included imitating an ancient script, the Old seal script, Sanskrit, the Phags-pa script, and even inspiration by Korean traditional window lattice. The most durable hypothesis among them insisted Hunminjeongeum’s relevance to the Phags-pa script. |
Phags-pa script was the Mongol Empire’s official script created by a monk named Phags-pa, commissioned by the Yuan Dynasty’s Kublai Khan. Since its promulgation in 1269, it had been used in the official documents of the Yuan Dynasty, but it died out with the latter’s demise. This script was phonetic, based on the Tibetan and modified to fit Mongolian. | Phags-pa script was the Mongol Empire’s official script created by a monk named Phags-pa, commissioned by the Yuan Dynasty’s Kublai Khan. Since its promulgation in 1269, it had been used in the official documents of the Yuan Dynasty, but it died out with the latter’s demise. This script was phonetic, based on the Tibetan and modified to fit Mongolian. | ||
| − | The hypothesis regarding the connection between the Phags-pa script and Hunminjeongeum stemmed from the similarities found in the shape of few characters of the two scripts. This was originally claimed by Yi Ik (1681~1763), a Silhak philosopher, in his book Seongho saseol and was reasserted by Gari K. Ledyard in 1966. Based on the statement “the letters [of Hunminjeongeum] were created after the Old Seal Script,” Ledyard argued that the Old Seal Script here referred to the Mongol seal script, namely the Phags-pa script. He cross-compared Phags-pa and Hunminjeongeum as shown in the table below, and claimed that the basic consonants of Hunminjeongeum were ㄱ, ㄷ, ㅂ, ㅈ, and ㄹ. | + | The hypothesis regarding the connection between the Phags-pa script and Hunminjeongeum stemmed from the similarities found in the shape of few characters of the two scripts. This was originally claimed by Yi Ik (1681~1763), a Silhak philosopher, in his book ''Seongho saseol'' and was reasserted by Gari K. Ledyard in 1966. Based on the statement “the letters [of Hunminjeongeum] were created after the Old Seal Script,” Ledyard argued that the Old Seal Script here referred to the Mongol seal script, namely the Phags-pa script. He cross-compared Phags-pa and Hunminjeongeum as shown in the table below, and claimed that the basic consonants of Hunminjeongeum were ㄱ, ㄷ, ㅂ, ㅈ, and ㄹ. |
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| − | There are a few problems with this claim. Among the 38 Phags-pa scripts and 28 characters of Hunminjeongeum, he made comparisons only with those indicated in this table. Furthermore, he argued that the basic consonants were ㄱ, ㄷ, ㅂ, ㅈ, and ㄹ, but Hunminjeongeum haerye explains that the basic consonants of Hunminjeongeum are ㄱ, ㄴ, ㅁ, ㅅ, and ㅇ. | + | There are a few problems with this claim. Among the 38 Phags-pa scripts and 28 characters of Hunminjeongeum, he made comparisons only with those indicated in this table. Furthermore, he argued that the basic consonants were ㄱ, ㄷ, ㅂ, ㅈ, and ㄹ, but ''Hunminjeongeum haerye'' explains that the basic consonants of Hunminjeongeum are ㄱ, ㄴ, ㅁ, ㅅ, and ㅇ. |
| − | These hypotheses assert Hunminjeongeum’s similarity to various scripts that existed in East Asia at the time of the writing system’s invention. When Hunminjeongeum haerye was not available as a reference, these hypotheses were formed based upon the phrase, “the letters [of Hunminjeongeum] were created after the Old Seal Script.” which appears in a few records. After the discovery of Hunminjeongeum haerye, which clearly explains the letter design principle of Hunminjeongeum, however, all of these hypotheses were no longer convincing. | + | These hypotheses assert Hunminjeongeum’s similarity to various scripts that existed in East Asia at the time of the writing system’s invention. When ''Hunminjeongeum haerye'' was not available as a reference, these hypotheses were formed based upon the phrase, “the letters [of Hunminjeongeum] were created after the Old Seal Script.” which appears in a few records. After the discovery of ''Hunminjeongeum haerye'', which clearly explains the letter design principle of Hunminjeongeum, however, all of these hypotheses were no longer convincing. |
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Various Hypotheses on the Creation of Hunminjeongeum
There had been several hypotheses regarding the invention of Hunminjeongeum, particularly on the shapes of its letters until the discovery of Hunminjeongeum haerye explaining its letter design principle and method. Its origins variously included imitating an ancient script, the Old seal script, Sanskrit, the Phags-pa script, and even inspiration by Korean traditional window lattice. The most durable hypothesis among them insisted Hunminjeongeum’s relevance to the Phags-pa script.
Phags-pa script was the Mongol Empire’s official script created by a monk named Phags-pa, commissioned by the Yuan Dynasty’s Kublai Khan. Since its promulgation in 1269, it had been used in the official documents of the Yuan Dynasty, but it died out with the latter’s demise. This script was phonetic, based on the Tibetan and modified to fit Mongolian.
The hypothesis regarding the connection between the Phags-pa script and Hunminjeongeum stemmed from the similarities found in the shape of few characters of the two scripts. This was originally claimed by Yi Ik (1681~1763), a Silhak philosopher, in his book Seongho saseol and was reasserted by Gari K. Ledyard in 1966. Based on the statement “the letters [of Hunminjeongeum] were created after the Old Seal Script,” Ledyard argued that the Old Seal Script here referred to the Mongol seal script, namely the Phags-pa script. He cross-compared Phags-pa and Hunminjeongeum as shown in the table below, and claimed that the basic consonants of Hunminjeongeum were ㄱ, ㄷ, ㅂ, ㅈ, and ㄹ.
| Phags-pa script | Letter shape |  |
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| Phonetic | [k] | [t] | [p] | [s] | [l] | |
| Hunminjeongeum | Letter shape | ㄱ | ㄷ | ㅂ | ㅈ | ㄹ |
| Phonetic | [k] | [t] | [p] | [ts] | [l] |
There are a few problems with this claim. Among the 38 Phags-pa scripts and 28 characters of Hunminjeongeum, he made comparisons only with those indicated in this table. Furthermore, he argued that the basic consonants were ㄱ, ㄷ, ㅂ, ㅈ, and ㄹ, but Hunminjeongeum haerye explains that the basic consonants of Hunminjeongeum are ㄱ, ㄴ, ㅁ, ㅅ, and ㅇ.
These hypotheses assert Hunminjeongeum’s similarity to various scripts that existed in East Asia at the time of the writing system’s invention. When Hunminjeongeum haerye was not available as a reference, these hypotheses were formed based upon the phrase, “the letters [of Hunminjeongeum] were created after the Old Seal Script.” which appears in a few records. After the discovery of Hunminjeongeum haerye, which clearly explains the letter design principle of Hunminjeongeum, however, all of these hypotheses were no longer convincing.
