사명당에 대한 사대부들의 기억과 그 시대적 맥락

Abstract

Imjin war yielded a multitude of war heroes of whom Samyeongdang would be the figure that was remembered most variedly. However the memory about him are intertwined : some were close to the fact, somewhat exaggerated, and wildly overblown. In that sense, Samyeongdang could be a reconstructed figure by those images that were formed by complication of fact and fiction or narrative of memories. I attempted here to examine closely how the memories of nobles about Samyeongdang were formed and changed and has come to what we know these days. As a result, I could make certain that the memories of Samyeongdang after the war have changed from a pure, noble literary monk to a righteous, brave monk warrior. That was a natural change seeing from his performance. However we should pay close attention to the fact that nobility's views on Samyeongdang during the war were not the only unified one but very complicated. In other words, the views frequently crossed between praise and sympathy, shame and defamation. Samyeongdang lived a life of honor and disgrace with such intricate perspectives. But after his demise, the memories of him went through another change from one extreme to another. The monks of Haeinsa temple where Samyeongdang passed away tended to remember his achievement as a monk warrior during the war as an act of buddhist mercy that saved people in pain and suffering. On the other hand, local confucian scholars in Milyang where Samyeongdang was born tended to remember his achievement as confucian faithfulness for overcoming national crisis. The confrontation between the two concluded in the victory of the latter owing to complete national support. Therefore, the image of Hongjejonnja, which means the follower of Buddha, in Hongjeam temple faded out but the image of Samyeongseongsa enshrined in Pyochungsa remained distinctly.