朴趾源과 朴齊家의 우정론 비교

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to further understand the friendship theory of Northern Learning School(Puk'akp'a) by comparing perspectives of Pak Chiwŏn and Pak Chega on friendship. This paper examined what differences these two figures had on friendship and their internal logic respectively. In Chapter 2, I compared Pak Chiwŏn's Hoesŏngwŏnjippal(Postface of Hoesŏngwŏnjip) and Pak Chega's Yŏgwaktamwŏn(Letter to Kwaktamwŏn), both texts written when trying to befriend Guo Zhihuan(Kwak Chiphwan in Sino-Korean), a Qing literati of Han Chinese origin, by exchanging letters, poems, and prose works. Two people differed in the sensitivity to Hua-Yi distinction and the emphasis of physical presence of a friend; and, accordingly, their attitude toward ideal 'spritual friendship with ancient figures' and friendship with a Chinese person turned out different: Pak Chiwŏn with a more conservative attitude while Pak Chega more forward-looking. In Chapter 3, I compared Pak Chiwŏn and Pak Chega's reaction on the untimely death of Yi Han-ju, their mutual friend. Pak Chiwŏn was emotionally very attached to his friend, therefore experienced the friend's death almost as his own, expressing personal frustration. Whereas Pak Chega maintained a more balanced distance in relationship, not seeing the death as the ultimate end and trying to immortalize his friend's spirit by writing a detailed eulogy.