「서사록(西徙錄)」과 「연계여유일기(燕薊旅遊日記)」에 나타난 석주(石洲) 이상룡(李相龍)의 현실 인식

Abstract

This study attempted to examine Seokju Lee Sang-ryong's perception of reality through Seosarok (西徙錄) and Yeongyeyeoyuilgi (燕薊旅遊日記). Seosarok is a diary that records the process of departing from Andong, Gyeongbuk in 1911, arriving in Manchuria, and settling down. Yeongyeyeoyuilgi is a diary that contains details of moving from Manchuria to Beijing in 1920, attending military unification talks, and touring Beijing. By analyzing two diaries and Chinese poems, Lee Sang-ryong's perception of reality was illuminated. Lee Sang-ryong moved to Manchuria with his entire family in January 1911. While living in Manchuria, he presented historical books such as the Goguryeosa (高句麗史), Balhaesa (渤海史), Sillasa (신라사) through Seosarok as historical materials and criticized errors in historical records. As a result, through Dangun-centric thinking, the territorial scope was interpreted as expanding to the entire Manchuria, including the Korean Peninsula, and a sense of homogeneity was revealed, viewing the people living in Manchuria as a people with the same ancestors. In addition, in Yeongyeyeoyuilgi, while touring Beijing in the 1920s, the sense of kinship continued as he identified his own situation with that of the fallen Qing Dynasty. In order to overcome this reality, he put forward the logic of convergence by comparing and analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of Eastern and Western studies. In Seosarok, there is a prominent part that criticizes Western figures and theories, and in Yeongyeyeoyuilgi, regret is revealed about the reality of Westernized China and the attitude of the younger generation that unconditionally accepts new trends. This suggests that he broke away from traditional “Sino-Barbarian Dichotomy (華夷論)” and partially recognized and accepted the values ​​of Western civilization. Considering the above, Lee Sang-ryong attempted to overcome real-world problems with a logic that combined Eastern and Western studies based on expanded historical awareness. Although Seosarok and Yeongyeyeoyuilgi are diaries with different temporal and spatial backgrounds and situations, it was confirmed that although there may be subtle differences, the perception of reality and literary response aspects were maintained in the same context.