昆侖 崔昌大 記文 연구

Abstract

Gonryun Choe changdae was a descendant of a prestigious soron faction family in the late Joseon Dynasty, who was active in the center of the political world of the time, but was a literaryly outstanding figure. He recognized the creation principle of sentences and the situation of creation by distinguishing them, and focused on the relationship between the essence of sentences and ornamentation, and pursued harmony between essence and ornamentation, focusing on essence. In this regard, his sentence view is fundamentally similar to the sentence theory that most of the soron faction writers had, but in the practical aspect of creation, he has taken a step further to the value of the sentence. Choe changdae left five gimuns, and in this article, two of them were analyzed. These gimuns differ in that they are gimun of public and private buildings, but the composition of the writings consists of a biscuit type composition that is surrounded by argument around the articles or landscape descriptions. However, 「Yeosangheongi」 and 「Ilpyojeonggi」 show the difference in composition. In particular, in the first paragraph, 「Yeosangheongi」 begins with the a fable or allegory of conversation with a fictitious figure set as a hunter, and 「Ilpyojeonggi」 begins with the quote of scriptures and prescient words and deeds of Confucius and Anhoe. The arrangement of a fable in the first paragraph of the public building gimun is to maintain the tension of the entire article by specifying the standard of criticism, and the placement of the ancient sage's quotation in the first paragraph of the private building centered on the argument is thought to be an intentional composition method for the emphasis of the righteous and the blocking of the argument. Choe changdae’s 「Yeosangheongi」 and 「Ilpyojeonggi」 are building gimun, but the mention of the building itself is neglected, and most of the contents are composed of arguments. This description is characteristic of Choe changdae gimun. This figure is consistent with the sentence of Choe changdae who pursued harmony between ornamentation and exterior, focusing on contents and essence, and it means that he was familiar with the technique of writing and the method of persuasion.