<孔方傳>과 <淸江使者玄夫傳>의 우언적 독해

Abstract

The Biography of Mr. Coin and The Biography of Fine-River Envoy Darkgrey-Man have the chracterictics as follows. First, the form of pseudo-biography are exceptional and the transmutability of old-saying application are high in both works. They appear in the ambiguity of comfimation statements about main character, mythic backgoround of the ancester, parody of Chinese Classics in main text, ambiguity of the deeds after retire and importance of posthumous tale, and regardlessness of descendants etc. Second, fictional plot of biogrphical allegory mode make narrative connectivity high. They appear in virtuality of personal information or homeland, narrative connetivity of ancester and main text, modelization of historical persons, and concealment of decision part etc. Third, ‘convenience’ of coins and ‘sacredness’ of fortunes by burning tortoise shell compare the utility and the forsight of intellectuals. Also as the study of writer, The Biography of Mr. Coin has allegorical theme to criticize the military rule’s contradictions and utility of aristocrats about A.D.1184～1196; Into The Biography of Fine-River Envoy Dark-Grey-Man put the writer allegorical theme of the limitation and possibility of aristocrats when he became a petty official of Royal Academy A.D. 1207～1212. The illuminative tendency and the shape of allegorical autobiography like this has offered various opportunities in the history of allegorical literature.