동아시아 고문헌의 디지털 비판정본 : 유동적 정본의 가능성 = Digital Critical Editions of East Asian Classical Texts : Possibility of Fluid Critical Editions

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Reliable authoritative editions form the foundation of humanities research. Over the past decade, major digital edition projects have been undertaken in South Korea. This paper analyzes domestic digital editions and explores a new concept of authoritative texts, building on the idea that digital texts should reorganize information to leverage the advantages of digital media beyond merely imitating print.
Critical editions are the result of systematic comparison and analysis of various transmissions of a specific text, aiming to reconstruct the form closest to the original. The critical apparatus, a key component of critical editions, is a scholarly tool that rigorously and systematically records various readings and editorial decisions. In the East Asian collation tradition, collation notes served the role of the critical apparatus.
In the Biographies of Eminent Korean Monks (Haedong goseungjeon) from the Database of Korean History and the Collected Works of Jeong Yagyong (Yeoyudang jeonseo) from the DB of Korean Classics, the critical apparatus is implemented in the form of collation note annotations. However, these annotations merely describe the collation content without structurally reflecting various textual variants in the digital text. This represents a limitation of digital media imitating print media. Following TEI guidelines would allow for direct structuring of information contained in collation notes within the main text. A critical edition that extensively encodes all variants from various versions becomes a multi-layered text that simultaneously realizes not only the final text but also diverse evidence of transmission history.
Digital media not only enables such multi-layered texts but can also open editorial authority to users. However, as digital critical editions pursue flexibility, expandability, and participatory possibilities beyond the constraints of print, they enter into tension with the identity of critical editions, which aim to resolve textual fluidity and establish a single authoritative final text. Ultimately, digital critical editions face the paradoxical situation of being fluid authoritative texts.
Nevertheless, by actively embracing the advantages of digital critical editions, researchers as editors gain a tool to comprehensively capture their scholarly activities without print limitations. Users secure a space for scholarly participation and collaboration in critical editions. To establish digital critical editions, it is necessary to develop unified encoding guidelines, digital critical apparatus suitable for East Asian classical texts, and stable material foundations. By moving away from the concept of authoritative texts as definitive single texts, it becomes possible to create rich texts as authoritative editions that are continuously supplemented through collaboration.