채수의 사상과 <설공찬전> ― <설공찬전>의 가치를 곁들여 ―

Abstract

The conclusions of this paper are as below. First, Chae Su's idea about spirit among his philosophy is closely related to <Seol Gong Chan Joen> which ghost appears in. Even though he was a Confucian nobility who was supposed to be atheist, Chae Su experienced spirit, he was able to write novels like <Seol Gong Chan Jeon>. Second, Chae Su's political idea that despite how immature the king is, the king should not be expelled but the people shoud assist him to make him a sage king became the background of <Seol Gong Chan Jeon> which insisted that the one who staged a coup goes to hell. Third, considering the literary ideas of Chae Su. the fact that Chae Su compiled <Chon Joong Bi Eo>, the collection of literature narratives, confirms Chae Su actively evluated the value of oral folk tales, which enabled his creation of <Seol Gong Chan Jeon>, the next level of folk tale. Fourth, the study evaluated the value of <Seol Gong Chan Jeon> into philosophical, political, and literary value. As for the philosophical value, the study evaluated it as freshness in view of spirit, afterlife view(worldview of afterlife). As for the political value, the study evaluated it as the relationship of infeudation as parent-children relationship. The study summarized literary value of the novel as below. ① the novel succeeded <Kumosinwha> by Kim Si-Seub inheriting folk tale tradition, which played a role as a bridge between <Kumosinwha> and <Oryunjeonjeon>, <Gijaegiyi>, ② it was the first novel read in Korean(in a broad sense, it is the first Korean novel), ③ it is the beginning of faction, ④ it succeeded Kim Si-Seub's <Kumosinwha> which is based on Korea, ⑤ it is the novel for upper class nobility(ruling class), ⑥ it demonstrated the social influence of the novel.