「금속행용가곡」의 내용적 특성

Abstract

Gum-sok-haeng-yong-ga-gok, contained in Ji-ryoung-rok volume6 of Lee Hyoungsang, is a series of translated sijo poems. This paper investigated the content characteristics of Gum-sok-haeng-yong-ga-gok. First, this paper examined the reason why a lot of didactic poems were contained while love poems were excluded. The reason was assumed to have a connection with Lee Hyong sang's perceptions of pyoung-jo and gye-myoun-jo, the most important musical modes in Korean tradition. Lee Hyoungsang recognized the pyoung-jo as a peaceful style of music while he perceived the gye-myoun-jo as a grand and broad style. In this respect, Lee Hyoungsang alloted many didactic poems to the pyoung-jo music, while he selected the poems that expressed grand and broad spirit rather than sentimental love poems for the gye-myoun-jo. This paper argued that the reason why Lee Hyoungsang allocated many poems to the pyoung-jo and interpreted the meanings of gye-myoun-jo differently than the general perceptions of it was because he maintained the confucian concepts on music and poetry, which pursued the purification of mind through music and poetry. Next, the characteristics of the sijo poems of which the authors are unidentified were discussed. It was argued that those poems implied the sociological background and ideology of Lee Hyoungsang. Among those poems, the didactic ones were formed in the influence of the poetic tradition of Youngnam area, where Lee Hyoungsang resided after having resigned from office, whereas the other ones about seclusion and loyalty were related to the critical perceptions of Lee, who had been excluded from the central authority for his whole life. In conclusion, Gum-sok-haeng-yong-ga-gok reflects Lee Hyoungsang's perceptions, intentions, and social circumstances, while it maintained some similarities to the other translated sijo poems of the 18th century. It resulted from Lee Hyoungsang's confucian perceptions on music and poetry in accordance with the other records in Ji-ryeong-rok and from his critical perspective on the politics of his time. Gum-sok-haeng-yong-ga-gok, which expressed Lee Hyoungsang's critical ideas systematically, has significance in the history of the translated sijo poetry.