This paper aims at exploring Seoryesuji(西禮須知) which was published by the Hakbu(學部, the Ministry of Education of the Korean Empire) in 1896 as a textbook.. First published in 1866, this book was written by John Fryer(1839～ 1928, Chinese name Burana, 傅蘭雅) who had undertaken missionary activities in Shanghai(上海). This book was first published in 1866. The revised edition was published in 1886, the preface to which was written by Wangdo(王韜) in 1886. The Hakbu edited and translated this book using Chinese in 1896. This book could not be found within the country. The reprinted book, published in 1902, is kept in Dankook University’s Yulkok library. This book was published by the Hakbu and translated into the Korean language in 1902. This book consists of nine chapters. Among the chapters, ‘Damseo(談敍, discourse and narrative)’ were focused on speech education. The nature of speech discussed in the book includes oral language, mutual negotiation, human relationships and sociocultural characteristics. At the school’s subjects were not divided accordingly, this book does not contain Korean language. However, this book influenced the Korean speech education of the time.