종병(宗炳)의 ‘와유(臥遊)’개념에 관한 연구

Abstract

This paper searched the concept of ‘Wayu’ in the Zongbing's painting book and its influence on next generations. Also, it looked into way to appreciate towards ‘Wayu’ in Zongbing's ImcheonGochi among the gentry in the early Joseon Dynasty. ‘Wayu’ is a concept raised by Zongbingg during the era of Wei and Qin Dynasty and sees spaces in landscape paintings as mental liberation. It was an indirect method to take a tour of historic sites when he bore painfulness because he no longer allowed to go out again, getting old and sick. So, he draw pictures of natural sceneries where he had been there. ‘Wayu’ had been the basic concept of the landscape painting and became widely accepted by Guoxi, Dongqichang, and shitao in the era of Northern Song. Among them, there is a part that is in line with the meaning of the landscape painting in the introduction part of 'Sansuhun' of Guoxi's painting book "ImcheonGochi." Such an indirect experiencing method also appeared among the gentry in the era of both Song and the early Joseon Dynasty. The method was used as virtual places for the gentry where they relieved their psychological anxiety caused by political conflicts. Those places refer to 'JoongEun', which justified contradictory double psychologies of initiative and regression in their lives. They enjoyed landscape paintings to dream of living in a secluded life. The spaces in landscape paintings helped share the emotions of the artist with appreciators. Although the utopia in landscape paintings was an unknown place where they couldn't go, landscape paintings were the indirect virtual spaces in their imagination and they could enjoy 'Yu'. In the early Joseon Dynasty, the gentry also enjoyed the utopia in landscape paintings where they couldn't go in the dizzy reality. They experienced illusions through landscape paintings indirectly. This means they couldn't fully open their mind in real life, but they could open and expand possibilities via landscape paintings.