15세기 후반~17세기 전반 성리학적 사유의 우언적 표현 양상과 그 의미

Abstract

This study aims to grope for periodic aspects and literary- historical meaning of allegories expressing Neo-Confucianism ideology, focusing on a series of prose such as Nam Hyo-on's 「Ok-bu(屋賦)」 late in 15th century and Chang Yu's 「Sinmyungsa-ki(神明舍記)」 early in 17th century. First, allegories dealing with moral cultivation based on Neo-Confucianism were the main current. This plainly showed that Neo-Confucianism in Chosun Dynasty especially scrutinized moral culture. And prominent writers were the unbounded character(such as Nam Hyo-on and Lim Je) and literay scholars keeping an open attitude to not only Neo-Confucianism but also Taoism(such as Park Young, Cho Sik and Chang Yu). This literary inclination and attitude seem to be related with their interest in allegories. Second, main themes and forms of description differ by their periods. The differences are related with the way to apply the allegories. Nam Hyo-on's 「Ok-bu」 late in 15th century showed mental conflict and hard fight against Taoism to establish the theory of moral cultivation based on Neo-Confucianism. The allegories were the measures not only to show the mental fight against Taoism but also to make moral cultivation more understandable. In 16th century, Cho Sik's 「Sinmyungsa-myung」 and Kim Woo-ong's 「Chungun-jeon」 used allegories to make an abstract of idea easier and practicable. Later then, Chang Yu's 「Sinmyungsa-ki」 and 「Seolmaengjangnonbyun」 in 17th century raised problems of moral cultivation based on Neo-Confucianism and tried to consider Neo-Confucianism reflectingly. Chang Yu made good use of allegories to stimulate reflection by looking at existing order and faith from other angles. Through this study, various uses of allegories in Korean prosaic history were verified and it was inspected how the gentry internalized and transformed Neo-Confucianism introduced late in the Koryo dynasty around 16th century in their spiritual world.