李植의 挽詩 硏究 -「挽沈煕世妻」를 중심으로-

Abstract

A literary collection of Taekdang Lee-Sik李植(1584～1647), a represented writer and poet in the mid era of Joseon dynasty, contain many pieces of Manshis挽詩(condolatory poems) that are known for their excellent work values. Lee-Sik authored Manshis regarding various people such as his son, husband and wife of a cousin of his father, his clansman, his father's concubine, clansman of his wife's father, his wife's mother and her clansman, his wife's brother and brother-in-law's wife / concubine / house of in-laws, King and his queen / younger brothers / Crown Prince / Gunju郡主(Jeong 2 Pum正二品 title that was granted to Oemyeongbu外命婦 and crown children in Joseon Dynasty), civil ministers and their grandfather / parents / wife / concubine, military officials, private persons, village seniors, medical officer's daughter, and more. Depending on target of versification, Manshi is a literary means for dead persons to have close relationships with their relatives and clansmen. So it is divided into two categories: One refers to significantly mourning and lamenting over a person's death, and the other refers to summing up achievements of an acquaintance's lifetime at his death and describing sentiments of condolence. Among all pieces of Manshi written by Lee-Sik, those of lament over death of acquaintance within reach of usual fellowship are characterized primarily by sadness and grief, whereas those written on request are characterized largely by summing up and describing achievements of dead person in his lifetime. In general, Manshi uses customary poetic diction and expressions, so it is characterized by frequent usage of authentic precedents or factual quotations as well as similar framework in concluding line. However, it is notable that some of Manshi works authored by Lee-Sik is considered masterpieces with excellent work values. Kim Man-jung金萬重 told that Manshimhisecheo挽沈煕世妻 is a poem authored by Lee-Sik in lamen -ting over the death of Shim hi-se沈煕世(Lee-Sik's 7th brother- in-law)'s wife at Lee-Sik's age of 42, and has a relish of Akbu, a kind of Chinese poetry, while Choe Gyeong-chang崔慶昌's Risobusa李少婦詞 is refined and beautiful, but it is not enough to get ahead of Manshimhisecheo in terms of deep implication and riotous rhythm. In Manshimhisecheo, author Lee-Sik lamented over the death of Shim hi-se's wife and used a form of Akbu characterized by riotous rhythms based on variation of short and long phrase, so he could embody a theme idea of saving low-class people from miserable life. This study has its implications in the sense that it made a multilateral analysis on Lee-Sik's Manshimhisecheo, a well- known lyric work in following gene- ration as well as his contemporary generation, and could characterize Lee-Sik's Manshi differentiated from other formal Manshi works authored in the era of Joseon dynasty.