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Abstract

Over the course of his life, Toegye Lee Hwang rewrote his Sino-Korean poems multiple times. This is the reason why for many of his Sino-Korean poems, two or three different versions can be found. While most of his rewriting involved merely changing one or two characters, some poems were heavily revised or edited over time. One of his works that went through extensive rewriting is his poem entitled 次韻具景瑞金秀卿所和權景受六十絶幷景瑞五律趙 士敬見示. For this work, a total of four versions can be identified— the version presumed to be the original and three rewritings of the first version. Lee Hwang rewrote 次韻具景瑞金秀卿所和權景受六十絶幷景瑞五律 趙士敬見示, a serial poem consisting of 60 seven-character verses and 5 seven-character rhyme poems, into two new poems under two separate titles: 早春閒居次趙士敬具景瑞金舜擧權景受相唱酬韻十 四首. These separate titles consists of 14 seven-character verses that review the history of Dohak (a Confucian school of thought) in China and the Korean Peninsula, as well as a seven-character rhyme poem, Yutan (有嘆), where the poet declares his commitment to preserving and furthering the discipline. These two poems reflect Lee Hwang’s deepening and more matured understanding of Dohak, which had taken place since he began writing the original poem. Moreover, he also revised the end notes of 早春閒居次趙士敬 具景瑞金舜擧權景受相唱酬韻十四首, and thus turned it into an academic work where the author expresses his opinions on Dohak. After being rewritten into an academic treatise, 早春閒居次趙士敬 具景瑞金舜擧權景受相唱酬韻十四首 was rewritten several times over. Of the poems comprising 早春閒居次趙士敬具景瑞金舜擧權景受 相唱酬韻十四首, the 12th poem about Jeompiljae Kim Jong-jik has been completely rewritten at least twice. The three versions in existence today reflect a downward shift in Lee Hwang’s understanding of Kim Jongjik’s position, from a scholar to a writer, than to a mere follower. This shift definitely reflects the fact that Lee Hwang’s opinion about Kim Jongjik changed as his understanding of Dohak became deeper and more mature. On the other hand, the shift is a result of Lee Hwang’s efforts to adjust his opinion according to the atmosphere of the political and academic circles at the time: scholars were trying to put Kim Jongjik under a negative light and reduce his role in the advancement of Dohak, on account of their conflict with Hanhwondang Kim Goengpil, one of his disciples. Therefore, the rewritten poems express Lee Hwang’s newly adjusted—or negatively revised—opinion about Kim Jongjik during his last years.