— Overview
The notes stay with that history and that form, and they stop before a later recap and a thesis list.
— Contents and key concepts
Broad and narrow
Goryeo gayo, the notes begin, is a branch of literature that matters in Korean writing. In a broad sense it names all the songs written in the Goryeo period; in a narrow sense it names a form of jangga. They are folk-like songs of commoners of that period, thought to have formed from folksong.
They take the shape of bunjeolche: a song that continues, or is divided, in several stanzas or verses. Other words for the same form, they write, are yeonjangche and bunyeonche. Seogyeongbyeolgok belongs to Goryeo gayo.
From the mouth to the page
The songs, they write, were passed down by mouth among commoners in the Goryeo period. Later, in the Joseon period, after Hangul was created, they were written down in books the notes name Akhak Gwebeom, Akjang Gasa and Siyong Hyangakbo.
After hyangga, and where they stop
Goryeo gayo, they add, came into wide fashion after hyangga, popular among the aristocracy in the Silla period, had declined, and even the hyangga-line songs that had kept that line had faded. In a word, they are Korean-language songs that commoners of the Goryeo period sang and handed down.
The notes leave the songs there, before a later recap and a thesis list. The same Korean report, written out more fully, is on CampusDown.
Sources
- The notes, a student reading of Goryeo gayo that stays with an oral line, later books, and Seogyeongbyeolgok.
Last updated: 15 November 2026
Frequently asked questions
How do the notes define Goryeo gayo?
In a broad sense, all the songs written in the Goryeo period; in a narrow sense, a form of jangga. They are folk-like songs of commoners of that period, thought to have formed from folksong, and they take the shape of bunjeolche — a song in several stanzas or verses — also called yeonjangche or bunyeonche.
How were the songs passed down, as they tell it?
By mouth among commoners in the Goryeo period, and later written down, after Hangul was created in the Joseon period, in books they name Akhak Gwebeom, Akjang Gasa and Siyong Hyangakbo. Seogyeongbyeolgok, they write, belongs to Goryeo gayo.
What do they add about hyangga, and where do they stop?
That Goryeo gayo came into wide fashion after hyangga, popular among the aristocracy in the Silla period, had declined, and even the hyangga-line songs that had kept that line had faded. They stop before a later recap and a thesis list.
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