『綺閣閒筆』硏究

Abstract

Gigak Hanpil is a collection of Chinese poem written by Gigak, a woman writer, in Korean alphabet manuscript, in the mid of 19th century. Although Gigak's identity is not revealed, precise analysis on her poems could show her rough background. First, her hometown is Noseong(魯城) and she lived in Cheongyang(靑陽). Second, Gigak is supposed to be born in a family that was qualified to state examination and married the son of mighty clans. Third, she had interchanged with several persons through poem. The most noticeable is Geumwon(錦園), the next is Sanghoi(샹회), her elder brother. Besides, she seemed to associate with Yawun (her male cousin´s son), Haejang (a Buddhist nun) and some others. Gigak Hanpil is supposed to be written in the mid of 19th century. The most reasonable reason of such presumption are the 10 poems written with the rhyme of <Donggasibyeong (東嘉十詠)> which was written by Hong Hyun Joo (洪顯周, 1793~1865). So, Gigak Hanpil was written at least after 1809 when 17 years old Hong Hyun Joo created <Donggasibyeong>. It can be said that the first distinctive feature of Gigak is 'discovery of life'. The second feature is the limitation of womanlike disposition. Only several poems in Gigak Hanpil show the inner world. Even such poems do not clearly demonstrate the aspects of woman with subjective inside. The third feature is that her poems reveal well the aspect of Chinese poem learning. It means that she made poem with the materials got from text world, not from real world or imaginary world. This not only discloses the course of Chinese poem learning but also shows much the amusement character that display her talent of poem.