서흥 김씨에 대한 시선의 규율과 遺書의 독법 -『종용록』을 중심으로

Abstract

This study focused on JongYong-rok, examined the conditions of Mrs. Kim's life and the narrative context of her will, and confirmed how Mrs. Kim's will was read and recontextualized at the time. Mrs. Kim's life during the five or six years she spent at her in-laws' house was under the conscious and unconscious observation of those around her. Mrs. Kim censored herself on what should and should not be shown in an environment where there was no private space. Because women's daily lives were displayed transparently in the home, women who had to take filial piety as the norm lived in a state of tension, controlling and exposing their emotions, and being conscious of their ‘appearance.’ Even though Mrs. Kim's different side was revealed through control and restraint, it was not meaningfully captured or remembered by those around her. In her will, Mrs. Kim wrote about the reasons she had to speak and the feelings behind it. In her will, she revealed her ethical attitude and decision, and that her death was for the greater good, and made speeches appropriate for relationship ethics. She also expressed regrets and tangled emotions that could not be avoided, regardless of Confucian ethics. Through her will, Mrs. Kim defined the meaning of death, but also dismantled it. However, Mrs. Kim's will was read in a way that emphasized its public meaning rather than her private wishes. Her writing was contextualized as an ideological utterance pledging purity, and other utterances were not read. Therefore, in order to hear the uninflected voice of a woman, it is necessary to remove the layers of interpretation and read the ‘unreadable’ sentences by considering the conditions of her life.