한시에 나타난 가족애의 한 양상 — 부녀 관계를 중심으로 —

Abstract

Preference for male offspring made the existence of a daughter mean the surplus after having a son and the lack before having a son. Thus, in the father-daughter relationship, a daughter can't replace a son and a fatehr has the minimum responsibility on her. However, unlike general expectations, the affection of a father toward a daughter is the same even in the past as in these days and the internal affection which is not exposed is even generous and broad. While a father doesn't hide his sad feeling when a daughter is born, he is never disappointed nor downhearted. The poem expressed mainly a father's affection and appreciation on a daughter and a father's sentiment while raising up a daughter in the past stands comparison with that in these days. A father is proud of his daughter as well as feels sense of loss as giving his daughter away in marriage. Moreover, his lament from sending his daughter away was more earnest because it was difficult to visit each other at that time. It is also impressive that a father exposes his proud and feeling of relief on his daughter's easy delivery. It was the bride's first visit to her family after marriage when a father could officially see his daughter. A father's anxiety as waiting for his daughter's first visit after marriage is overflowing in poems. A father is sad because he has to be ready for sending his daughter away again even after he is delighted by his daughter's visit for a short moment. A death of a child is the most painful experience for a human being. The poem about the father whose child is dead is more heartbreaking than any other poems. Furthermore, a father is so heartbroken about the misfortune of a daughter after her husband is dead. The expression on father and daughter in Chinese poems indicated that a father's instinctive love was as deep as a mother's instinctive love. The heartbreaking feeling which only a father can have to his daughter is the same in the past as in these days.