<한림별곡>의 맥락과 유선(儒仙)의 상상력

Abstract

This essay analyzes and examines what the shape of Hallim Byeolgok (翰林別曲) is and why it was drawn, focusing on the visual text. Hallim Byeolgok has been controversial because of its unique visual text format. However, there has not been enough discussion about what kind of world the figures depicted in the text represent as a whole. There may be several reasons, but this essay considers that it is an essential cause that the character and role of ‘Hallim’ (Hanlin) were not paid attention to even though it was ‘Hallim’ Byeolgok made by ‘Hallym’. Hallim was a widely used since it became an institutionalized name of Yuseon 儒仙 which referred to the scholar who was embodyed by Confucianism and Taoism and awaken with the truth that prevailed throughout the contemporary world, created by successive emperors and scholars who wanted to go back to like the world of the Tangyu 唐虞 era beyond the period of Zhou 周 dynasty after Qin 秦 Empire. Based on this discussion, it is confirmed that King Gojong 高宗 wanted to usher in an era of peacefulness, which was also the dream of an ancient saint, with the help of Hallim of the time, just as the kings of the Han 漢, Tang 唐, and Song 宋 dynasties tried to do through terminating unruly period. And it was inferred that Hallim Byeolgok was probably one of the repertories of Bangsang 坊廂, music bands or organizations in charge of transmitting and performing Sogak 俗樂 (folk music) of the Goryeo 高麗, made by Hallim who were selected by Geumhaksa 琴學士 (Geum Ui 琴儀) and played active parts of Hallim at the end of the reign of King Gojong. In this context, it was also confirmed that the world depicted in the language texts as a whole and the world depicted by figures of things and affairs are no different from the world dreamed of by the former Confucians who had dreamt of opening a peaceful era by helping their monarchs and turning turbulent times into reign. The text of Hallim Byeolgok depicts the subject, method, and procedure of realizing that dream and the peaceful era that resulted in it. In that sense, the image that became the basis for making Hallim Byeolgok could be classified as the imagination of Yuseon.