兼山 兪肅基의 詩文 考察

Abstract

Gyeom-san Sook-Gi Yoo(1696~1752) was not paid attention as a high-ranking official or a writer, but he was a distinguished scholar and poet in the middle Chosun Dynasty. He comprehend the realities around himself and lived as a classical scholar through his life carefully. This study introduces Gyeom-san to the academic community, to establish his literary value of poetry and prose, and to formulate a significance and status in the history of Korean literature. The results of this study are as followings ;Gyeom-san wrote traditional Chinese poetry in various changes arisen in the 18th century. As a result of the analysis in his Chinese poetry, I found his feature as a Confucian scholar. His Chinese poetry was formulated with retirement-oriented life absorbed in his study and thought rather than his colors. Also, Gyeom-san looked around himself through the Chinese poetry about his dissatisfaction and divorce from the world. Though he didn't write many poems which were praising the nature, he liked plum blossom very much. Thus, his poems on plum blossom didn't enjoy plum blossom itself simply but embodied the profound truth of Confucianism united with himself and plum blossom. Among the written proses of Gyeom-san, especially the letters are taken note of. We will show the features of letter writings. They follow the form of letter writings and contain true contents. They can also be found with an academic study and are naturally connected with narrative structure. And Gyeom-san wrote two biographies and two documentations with his collected record. We can understand the purpose of Gyeom-san as a Confucian scholar. The reason why he took the object of biography and documentation is to admire crucial characters who were representing Confucian virtue. Biography and documentation are the same narrative structure that records crucial character's achievements in his/her lifetime. However, there is a distinct difference between the two styles in the selection of main character and the method of narration. Crucial characters of biography have obvious status and face-to-face meeting, but crucial characters of documentation are the persons in second-hand tale. Within the narrative method, biographies make use of formulaic expressions, and documentations are not interrupted by the pattern.