朝日 文士의 朝鮮 山과 日本 富士山 優劣 比較 硏究 - 通信使行 시기의 문학적 기록을 중심으로

Abstract

This study is for comparison of superiority and inferiority between mountains in Chosun and Mt. Fuji by literary men from 4th to 11th dispatch of envoy. This study tried to clear up comparison standard and an aspect of pressing moment convincing that Mt. Baekdu and Mt. Kumkang was pride to Chosun’s literary men and so was Mt. Fuji to those of Japan. It is as follows. Literary men in Chosun and Japan were in no mood to compare between Mt. Baekdu and Mt. Fuji because they thought two mountains were mother and child relationships. Even though there were no effective measures except Mt. Baekdu to take the initiative, Chosun’s literary men restrain themselves because they were afraid to take criticism for holding their own comparative objectives from Japanese literary men. Mt. Baekdu was not in the same class as Mt. Fuji from the beginning so Japanese literary men tried not to compare two mountains because they were afraid to suffer a loss than profit from blame of denying the source of a mountain. Though the intention was vary from Chosun to Japan, it seemed to become consuetudinary not to compare Mt. Baekdu and Mt. Fuji. Because of this, comparison of superiority and inferiority between Mt. Kumkang and Mt. Fuji was the central axis between the two countries. In this comparative study, Japan set up a standard of mysterious aspect and height of the mountain. On the other hand, Chosun chose mysterious aspect and various shapes as a standard so the comparative standards between the two countries were different from the beginning. Chosun’s literary men doubted Seobul and the wonder children and tried to belittle mysterious aspect of Mt. Fuji. It threw Japenese literary men into confusion. So they presented the grounds that shrine of Seobul remained and the descendants of wonder children were still lived as Mr. Jin in Japan. Japanese literary men challenged to those of Chosun putting up the height of Mt. Fuji. But it was the best thing that Chosun’s literary men gave them tit for tat with 12,000 peaks of Mt. Kumkang which had various shapes. This was the most contradictory part of this comparative study and it was impossible to fill up the gap between the two. According to strangeness putting up mysterious aspect, height and an external shape, Mt. Kumkang was similar to extraordinariness but Mt. Fuji was to oddness. Literary men of the two countries never gave up their own comparative standards and therefore the comparative aspect showed an obvious differences. It was regrettable that they did the comparative study without any mutual agreement. But it was meaningful to confirm the fact that the two countries compared two mountains with their each and every standards for a long time.