시문 수창을 통해 본 騎牛子 李行의 삶과 문학

Abstract

A contrast of "Royalists[節義派]" and "Revolutionists[革命派]", which is the basic composition when describing the literary history in the late Goryeo and early Joseon periods, is a very effective way. This also leads to the composition of "Sarim faction[士林派]" and "Gwangak faction[館閣派]" in the literary history of the early Joseon Dynasty. However, the weakness of this composition is that it makes "reclusion" and "official life" of scholar-official[士大夫] too disconnected. Thus, we miss the various aspects between "fidelity" and "revolution". This is the main reason why such an important figure as Giwooja, Lee Haeng has not been studied in earnest. What is special about Giwooja is that he belonged to "new scholar-official[新進士大夫]", but acted according to his convictions, without being tied to specific faction. Giwooja took a path to reform collapsing Goryeo, on the one hand, to cooperate with the Revolutionists and to check them on the other. Despite he kept the fidelity to the Goryeo Dynasty by opposing the dynastic revolution, but he also entered into government service in the Joseon Dynasty when a large number of the Goryeo loyalists were appointed after the crowning of King Taejong. However, even after that, if it was time to withdraw from government position, he immediately withdrew. As a scholar-official, he can be said to have kept his life well while fulfilling his duty to the world. Giwooja's life can be said to faithfully embody the condition of existence of the scholar-official, who must properly balance both "reclusive scholar[處士]" and "official[大夫]". In this paper, I examined Giwooja's poetry from the perspective of "emergence[出]" and "hiding[處]". As a result, it was found that his reclusive life and official life were complementary. To be more specific, his reclusive life helped him to enter government service, and on the contrary, his official life helped him to live in seclusion. This paper will contribute to a deeper understanding about writers of the late Goryeo and early Joseon periods and a new understanding about the scholar-official's idea and literature, by founding a methodology for the integrated recognition of "emergence" and "hiding".