조선시대 의과시험의 실제 사례에 대한 고찰

A Study on the Actual Case of Medical Examination in the Joseon Dynasty

The appointmentofmedicalofficialsduring the Joseon Dynastywasconducted through medicaltesting.Todate,mostofthe researchdoneonthesetestshasfocusedonthetestingsystem anditsformalqualitieswithoutanystudyofactualtestcases.This paperconsiders the significance ofthe medicalexamination formatand contents through a testpapercontained in the book “Joseonuihaksageupjilbyeongsa(朝鮮醫學史及疾病史) byMikiSakae(三木榮).Theliteratureconfirmsthatthemedicalexam paperis thesameformatas“Gangji(講紙),”andthatthetestformatcalled“Gangseo(講書)”isaveryhigh-leveltest.Therefore,analysisof thecasesuggeststhattheformatofthemedicalexaminationreflectsthedemandforhigh-qualitymedicallearningforapplicants. Thisconsiderationismeaningfulbecauseexistingmedicaltestpapersareveryrare.