<고매누자대년설(古梅樓子大年說)>을 통해 본미수(眉叟) 허목(許穆) 고문(古文)서예 창작의 양상 및 의의

Abstract

Misu(眉叟) Heo Mok(1595∼1682)'s Gomae Nuja Daenyeon Seol(古梅樓子大年說) contained in a scrapbook of writings called Misu seongsaeng Jinjeok(眉叟先生眞蹟) which is a collection of Seoul Museum of History, is the original manuscript of the same titled writing in his anthology, Gieon(記言). This manuscript is important not only because it is the basic document for understanding Heo Mok’s Gieon, but also because it is written in Gomun/Guwen(古文) that is the Ancient Scripts adopted and modified by Heo Mok, so it can be both literary material and calligraphic work. Because Heo Mok’s calligraphy written in his characteristic ancient scripts, a.k.a. Gomun does not only shows his revivalistic literary point of view, but also impresses appreciators with unparalleled aesthetic sense caused by its bizarre style of writing, it has unprecedented originality in Korean and East asian history of calligraphy. In this study 115 letters in Gomae Nuja Daenyeon Seol have been analysed and identified in comparison with their sources like Heo Mok’s own dictionary and Geum Seok Un Bu(金石韻府), i.e. Rhyme Dictionary of Ancient Scripts published in late Ming dynasty. This study shows that Heo Mok tried to revive the scripts of ancient confucian saints by terms of adopting many old scripts, for example, the bronze scripts(鐘鼎文), from published catalogues of ancient scripts such as Han Jian(汗簡), and also that Heo Mok did not cling to the ancient scripts but wrote his own modification to result in obtain his own aesthetic value. In the present situation that Heo Mok’s handwriting works have not been passed down, Gomae Nuja Daenyeon Seol in Heo Mok’s characteristic shape of letters and touch of strokes can be regarded as the important material to figure out and appreciate his world of calligraphy.