소대성전의 한문본 大鳳記 연구

Abstract

The Daebonggi 大鳳記 held in the Sogang University library is a different version of the Sodaeseongjeon 소대성전. It was recorded in literary Chinese (hanmun) by an anonymous person. While it contains diverse aspects as can be found in many different versions, these aspects are mostly related to the xylographic version of Jeonju. This novel seems to have expanded the xylographic version of Jeonju. Although it is divided by chapter, yet it has no other features of a dividing style (hoejang che 回章體). The last chapter of the Daebonggi has it's own narrative structure. It contains a story of Sodaeseong 소대성 who brought the severe drought to an end, thereby recovering his original body, namely the dragon king. The story thus shows a syncretic trend of Confucianism and Taoism, and this is the original aspect of the Sodaeseongjeon. It is thought that the Daebonggi was composed in the late 19th century to the early 20th century. On the basis of the textual evidence of the Daebonggi and from the comments of Lee Bo-sang 李輔相 who translated the Honggildongjeon 홍길동전, we may assume that the novel as a genre was socially acknowledged and that hanmun-based intellectuals appreciated its value in that period.