醉松 李羲師 詩의 一考察 －詩癖과 酒癖을 중심으로－

Abstract

Chwisong Lee Hui-sa(醉松 李羲師, 1728~1811) was a poet who has lived in Yang-geun(楊根). He had a natural gift for poetry, and achieved his literature through the tradition of family scholarship and various social intercourse. As for family scholarship, he was greatly affected by Chiam(耻庵) Song Jil(宋瓆) and Whoiheon(悔軒) Lee Jeong-jak(李庭綽), who were called ‘Sobuk-Ogunja(小北五君子)’. And he associated himself with celebrities of his time, including Mok Man-jung(睦萬中), Jeong Beom-jo(丁範祖), Shin Gwang-soo(申光洙), Shin Gwang-ha(申光河) etc. Chwisong’s student Jo Eon-lim(趙彦林) called him ‘A master of the near era’ in 『Isajaegimunrok(二四齋記聞錄)』, and Gang Jun-heum(姜浚欽) called him ‘The chief of natural poetry’ in 『Sammyeong-Sihwa(三溟詩話)』. Chwisong liked and so versed in Du Fu's poetry that he was called ‘Du Fu of Joseon’. Chwisong left about 740 poems with various themes. He left poems dealing with daily joys and sorrows, and poems exchanged with others, also left many notable works in Yeongmul-shi(詠物詩) and Aedo-shi(哀悼詩). I introduced some of his Yeongmul-shi in this paper. Especially, I note that he wrote Yeongmul-shi throughout his life and left Yeongmul-shi at every important time of his life. So I tried to outline his life through his Yeongmul-shi. Chwisong’s life was not smooth, because all his life he lived in poverty in the countryside where he could not hold office, and he lost his son, brother, wife, and friends one after another after his middle age. He tried to overcome poverty and suffering with poetry and alcohol. He loved poetry and alcohol so much that he admitted himself that his love of poetry and alcohol was a chronic disease. I'd like to examine how much he loved poetry and alcohol, and what poetry and alcohol mean to him through his poems.