「高山九曲歌」의 작자 문제

Abstract

This study set out to examine all possible records about Gosangugokga and investigate whether it was really written by Lee Yi and if the Hangul version released and passed down by Song Si-yeol was Lee's original script. The discussions of the study are summarized as follows: Lee Yi wrote a poem by the Nam River in Hwanghae Province, and Byeokdo, a singer from Haeju, sang a new song called Gosangugokga in 1580. These records indicate that Gosangugokga was created before 1580 and sung by singers of Haeju as a new song by 1580. As a young man, Song Si-yeol was given an order by his teacher Kim Jip and translated Lee's Hangul scripts kept by Kim Jip's mistress, who was an illegitimate daughter of Lee, into Chinese. One of these works must have been Gosangugokga. Before publishing his Yulgokseonsaengoijip, Park Se-chae wanted to include his Gosangugokga only to fail the original script. He ended up getting its translation into Chinese by Song. Determined to include Lee's Gosangugokga as close to its original script as possible, Park translated its Chinese version of Song into Hangul himself in 1681 and restored Lee's Gosangugokga in Hangul. He sent this to Song and had it revised to be the same as the original script. Park had to translate the Chinese version of Gosangugokga by Song into Hangul again, which suggests that the original Hangul version was no longer found in the world already by 1681. Maintaining that he had kept Lee's Hangul script of Gosangugokga from the beginning, he released it to Kim Su-heung and his brother in 1688. The Hangul version of Gosangugokga released by Song and passed down so far has several features that make it seem like a Sijo translated from a Chinese version into Hangul. Given these features, it is estimated that Song's version of Gosangugokga released in 1688 is Park's translation of Song's Chinese translation into Hangul that he sent Song for revision. These findings indicate that the remaining Gosangugokga is not Lee's original script but Park's translation of Song's Chinese version into Hangul.