Versions
The manuscript of the original Hunminjeongeum has two versions:
- Seven pages written in Classical Chinese, except where the Hangul letters are mentioned, as can be seen in the image at the top of this article. Three copies are left:
- The one found at the beginning of the Haerye copy
- The one included in Sejongsillok (세종실록; 世宗實錄; "The Sejong Chronicles"), Volume 113.
- The Eonhaebon, 36 pages, extensively annotated in hangul, with all hanja transcribed with small hangul to their lower right. The Hangul were written in both ink-brush and geometric styles. Four copies are left:
- At the beginning of Worinseokbo (월인석보; 月印釋譜), an annotated Buddhist scripture
- One preserved by Park Seungbin
- One preserved by Kanazawa, a Japanese
- One preserved by the Japanese Ministry of Royal Affairs
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