율곡(栗谷)과 퇴계(退溪)의 ‘흥(興)’ 공간에 대한 연구 - 소현서원과 도산서원을 중심으로

Abstract

This study explored the meanings and spaces of 'Xing(a sort of delight)' expressed in the works of Yulgok and Toegye, who were representative Neo‐Confucian scholars in the Joseon Dynasty. In their works, Gosangugok and Dosan were spaces not disconnected from the world but still distinguished from it, and they were 'Xing' spaces where mind and spirit become one with nature. In other words, they were not unrealistic ideational spaces but places where people experienced the state of mental freedom before nature open in front of them. Yulgok’s Gosangugokga is a poem that divided the natural scenery of Seokdam in Haeju into ‘Gugok (Five River Bends)’ and recited the life in the place. The beauty of Gosangugok and the joy of life in the beauty mean the profound cultivation of body and mind. Dosanisipyukyeong is a poem that Toegye composed on the space where he stayed while running the School of Dosan in his later years. This poem describes the poet’s realization of natural laws and his enjoyment of nature through the laws.