丁學淵의 매화 연작시 『梅花三十首』에 대한 一考

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the contents, and characteristics as well as the writing background of the Maehwa Samsipsu(梅花三十首, 30 Poems on Plum Blossoms)-the serial poems on each plum flower burst into bloom under different environments written by Jeong Hak-yeon which are contained in Seonum(鮮音, the poetic anthology owned by Jangseogak Archires of the Academy of Korean Studies). These poems describe the distinctive features of the plum blossoms according to each different environment, and exhibit a unique form. It is noticeable from the fact that the poet had written 30 poems in series. 30 Poems on Plum Blossoms were written by Jeong Hak-yeon during the time he associated frequently with Ku Haeng-won who was a member of a literary coterie, dubbed Dureungsisa(杜陵詩社, a small group of poets in a town, called Dureung, present southern Yangju, Gyeonggi-do), and seemingly, these poems were well known among the members of his literary circles. Sin Wi, another member of the literary coterie, had also written 36poems about plum blossoms in series following the same form, and such a form had been affected by Maehwa Baegyeong(梅花百詠, one hundred chants about plum blossoms) which had been written since Tang Dynasty in ancient China. Jeong Hak-yeon depicted plum blossoms mainly as female, and expressed the warmth and affections richly between male speaker and female which is plum blossom. Although he quoted exemplary age-old experiences or wisdom(用事), which had been typically used in the conventional poetry, in his works, he established his individuality through individualization including personification or detailed development of idea and boundary(意境) and so on. He carefully observed the plum blossoms, in audition, having compared it sensuously, and then he created plum blossom poems along with new aesthetics. With the stream of appreciation of plum blossoms which had been continued since 18th century, individual preferences of the writers of the day were combined. And even in 19th century, a variety of plum blossom poems were written. In particular, the litterateur such as Jeong Hak-yeon, Sin Wi and Jo Hui-ryong, etc, had been influenced by the form of poetry like Maehwa Baegyeong. As a result, these poets had created a great volume of poems about plum blossoms different from collective plum blossom poems. Among them, Jeong Hak-yeon had successfully captured his own unique individuality,especially with emotional and sensual poems on plum blossoms.