조선전기 金淨 著 「濟州風土錄」의 수록내용 성격과 가치

Abstract

Jeju Pungtorok is an excerpt and photoprint from the contents contained in the fourth volume of Collection of Scholar Chungam’s Works, a collection of poems and writings written by Kim Jeong. This is Kim Jeong’s reply to the questions from his sister’s son about Jeju's climate and local produce more than a year after he was exiled to Jeju in 1520 (the 15th year of King Jungjong's reign). The contents include Jeju's climate, house, religion, Jeju Dialect, customs, the life and sentiment of the people, topography, indigenous produce, the flora and fauna, places of natural beauty, and life of exile. Apparently, they were written based on the experiences and facts Kim Jeong gained and learned while living there in exile. Jeju Pungtorok is the first Jeju topography, as well as a vivid picture of Jeju's situation in the first half of the 16th century. As a result, its value as the historical materials can be regarded very high. On the other hand, Kim Jeong was a man of deep Neo-Confucianism and thorough in his thoughts enough to be revered by Neo-Confucian scholars even after his death. On the contrary, Jeju Island was a place where Neo-Confucian ideology was less developed as a socio-cultural standardization throughout the Joseon Dynasty. As a result, Kim Jeong is believed to have a rather negative viewpoint on Jeju's situation in the first half of the 16th century. He is also believed to describe the Jeju society from his own subjective perspective on the basis of Neo-Confucian worldview, not of the cultural pluralism.