昏君을 향해 세운 절의 - 조선 후기 光海朝 節臣의 史的 형상화 양상 -

Abstract

This thesis examines the aspects of the characters who were remembered as ‘Gwanghaegun(光海君)'s Loyalist’ and their historic imagery in the literary society of the late Joseon Dynasty. As Joseon was founded with Confucianism, it emphasized ‘loyalty’ and continuously honored the historical figures who showed loyalty. This interest in loyalist was also applied to Gwanghaegun called tyrant. This thesis especially paid attention to the three categories of Gwanghaegun's Loyalist: ‘Yu Mong-in(柳夢寅) and buk-in(北人)’, ‘Kim Ryeong(金坽)’ and ‘Kim Heung-guk(金興國)’. They were in different situations at the time of the rebellion of Injo(仁祖反正) due to their different party colors. Not only that, they each had their own distinctive aspects in terms of the subjects who wanted to raise them, timing and methods. In spite of the aspect of the commemoration made independently according to the figures, there were also certain commonalities that penetrated them. First, in terms of time, it can be said that the commemoration work on them was completed in the latter half of the 18th century and the first half of the 19th century. Second, the commemoration was accompanied by a certain process of arranging, such as adding, deleting, and embellishing information. In this way, despite their different backgrounds and activities, the three men showed a pattern of being loosely included in the discourse of Gwanghaegun's Loyalist in the 19th century after going through a gradual commemoration process. Not only they received recognition from posterity as the loyalists of Gwanghaegun, but also stood shoulder to shoulder with the symbols of loyalist such as Jeong Mong-ju(鄭夢周), Gil Jae(吉再), Sayuksin(死六臣), Kim Si-seup(金時習) and Yeonsangun's loyalists(燕山朝節臣). For the promotion and establishment of the Confucian ideology, the activities of the Joseon scholars who worked tirelessly to find Joseon's Baek Yi(伯夷) were able to achieve clear results even for the subjects of Gwanghaegun. Through the discussion of this thesis, it is hoped that not only the understanding of Gwanghaegun's loyalist can be improved, but also the ‘Epic of the Joseon's loyalist’, which was mentioned only for a few people such as Jeong Mong-ju, Gil Jae, Sayuksin and Kim Si-seup can be discovered and expanded.