임진전쟁과 일상, 기록 그리고 텍스트 검토

Abstract

This article examines documents left a record of the Imjin War. It is compared and reviewed to confirm the attitude toward daily life. The subject data annals of Choson Dynasty, diaries, and historical documents -sales contracts- are reviewed sequentially. From this point of view, the historical document is characterized as a record written at the same time on the spot, and contains feelings of famine followed by spoiled farming and begging around, and embarrassment and sorrow caused by the war. This is the daily life of the war actually. And the diary, a record during the war, contains observations, rumors and confirmations around it, and direct and indirect experiences. The diary contained daily destruction by external forces and maintained a posture to accept this as daily life. The Annals of the Choson Dynasty in the Imjin War evaluated it as the ‘Japanese Invasion’ from the perspective of the early 17th century after the war. This kind of expression contained the extreme situation caused by the Japanese army, destroyed politics, and morality. This was described from the perspective of governance and lessons, looking at daily life as a confusion of social order. As such, historical documents, diaries, and the Annals of the Choson Dynasty show different attitude toward the Imjin War. It represents the stance of the describing and recording the 1592-1598 incident of the Choson Dynasty, and shows the texture of historical records