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Publishing and distributing of literary works and books is the cultural measure to understand the culture of the time. However, the cultural acts, which are as much important as publishing the literary works and books, is a series of management realm after publishing, such as keeping, managing and reading of books. These researches for collecting books has an important meaning as the cultural measure of the time beyond the study of the book collector himself. The appearance of Jangseo-ru, a library building in latter period of Joseon dynasty, has close connection with the time's, philosophical and historical situation such as the expansion of outlook on the world, discovery of identity, inflow of foreign civilization, accumulation and making use of wealth.Collection and keeping of books is not being satisfied with a simple preference, but has a special meaning in that it provides the base of developing scientific learning. In the space composed as such, learned men gathered, forming a group while exchanging their learning and poetries and proses, expanding it to the center of culture. Though it was a hiding place of Lee Ha-gon, Wanwui-gak became the place as splendid as can be, to a group of learned men and poets with its housed books and scenery surrounding it. Wanwui-gak was the center of local culture that housed great quantity of books and curios. Viewing the fact that it was a representing book collecting library then Joseon and kept great quantity of Chinese books which were hard to get, the meaning of Wanwui-gak is greater. Because of this, Wanwui-gak was the cultural space where a number of scholars and literary men gathered, not only in those days but also until the end of Josean, and at the end of Joseon it was the place of seclusion to intellectuals like Jeong In-bo, Hong Seung-heon, Jeong In-pyo and Lee Jong-hyeong. In this point, Wanwui-gak should be revaluated as the Jangseo-ru, which has meaning in historic and cultural way, beyond the function of library that simple housed a lot of books.

한국어

문화의 척도는 서적이다. 서적의 저술과 간행, 장서 못지않게 중요한 것이 또한 관리와 열람 등 일련의 문화적 행위이다. 그런 점에서 藏書樓의 성립과 전적수집 등에 대한 연구는 장서각의 개인적 기호와 능력을 넘어 시대와 문화를 이해하는데 중요하다.완위각은 李夏坤에 의해 진천 초평에 세워진 장서루이다. 이하곤의 전적수집은 書癖이라 지칭될 만큼 병적인 면모를 보인다. 쉽게 접근할 수 없었던 강화도의 內閣 藏書를 열람하고, 좋은 작품을 보면 어떤 방식으로든 구득하고 말았다. 이로써 완위각은 이하곤 당시 이미 조선의 대표적인 장서루로 알려졌으며, 특히 다양하고 풍부한 장서의 특징을 보인다.완위각은 몇 가지 점에서 여타 장서루와 구분된다. 첫째, 당시 명사들과의 교유 속에서 장서루로 인식되었고 꾸준히 활용되었다. 둘째, 經史와 문집은 물론 書畵에 이르기까지 다양한 자료를 축적하였다. 셋째, 완위각에는 상당수의 중국서가 소장되어 있어 당시 藏書家 李夏坤의 면모를 살필 수 있다. 넷째, 한말 少論 지식인들의 문화적 공간이자 은신처였다.