'Explanations and Examples of the Proper Sounds for the Instruction of the People'), or simply Haerye, is a commentary on the Hunminjeongeum, the original promulgation of the Korean script Hangul.

[1] The Hunminjeongeum Haeryebon (훈민정음 해례본; 訓民正音解例本) is the printed edition—bon (본; 本) means "book" or "edition".

It was written by scholars from the Jiphyeonjeon (Hall of Worthies), commissioned by King Sejong the Great.

In addition to an introduction by Sejong (excerpted from the beginning of Hunminjeongeum) and a colophon by the scholar Chŏng Inji, it contains the following chapters: The original publication is 65 pages[2] printed in Hanja with right-to-left vertical writing, as is the case for all the ancient Korean literature in regular script, except where Hangul are mentioned and illustrated.

[citation needed] One original copy was made public in 1940 by Jeon Hyeongpil,[2] an antique collector who acquired it from Lee Hangeol (1880–1950), whose family had possessed it for generations.