한․일 女訓書 비교 연구 시론

Abstract

In the Joseon Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty, Japan, which constituted the pre-modern East Asia, there were documents that could be categorized as ‘Yeo-Hoon-Seo(女訓書)’. This fact proves that the three countries were the right of common civilization to share the value system of Confucian Confucianism and evokes the need for comparative studies. Therefore, this thesis is a poetic case for a comparative study of Korean-Japanese postscripts, and attempts to examine the Yeo-Hoon-Seo of Joseon and Japan from the late 17th to early 18th centuries. Since this paper believes that the contents of a Yeo-Hoon-Seoshould be understood in the interaction with the world in which it has been developed, analysis of the Yeo-Hoon-Seo was conducted based on the historical and sociocultural backgrounds of each country. As a result of the analysis, the Yeo-Hoon-Seo of Joseon and Japan in the late 17th to early 18th centuries share the opportunity of writing that suggests an ideal prospect for women's lives after marriage. The momentum of this writing naturally leads to the woman's rule as a ‘daughter-in-law’, who focuses entirely on poetry as a ‘Chool-gah-wayne(出嫁外人)’. It is the strategy of hierarchicalization and differentiation that accompanies other families to define women as supporters of husband and father-in-law. The Yeo-Hoon-Seo of the two countries constitute the difference by declaring women's inferiority, and fix the hierarchy by making it essential and natural. In addition, the Yeo-Hoon-Seo of Joseon and Japan in the late 17th to early 18th centuries differ in terms of women's learning of letters and liberal arts due to the historical and cultural background of the contemporary Japanese political system and the establishment of the ‘IE(家)’ system is revealing. The difference in the narrative method of Yeo-Hoon-Seo in the two countries could be an indicator of the degree of introduction and acceptance of Sung Confucianism in both countries at the time. Lastly, the fact that Japanese Yeo-Hoon-Seo do not contain the content of ‘Bongjesa(奉祭祀)’ covered in all three Joseon Yeo-Hoon-Seo is a result of reflecting the historical and cultural background of Joseon, which values blood ties, and Japan at the time, which values skill rather than blood ties.