蘆溪 <勸酒歌>의 詞에 나타나는 특성과 그 의미

Abstract

<Gweonjuga(勸酒歌)> was first known to the public in 2004 as one of the Gasa works included in <Yeongyangyeogjeung(永陽歷贈)>, written by Nogye(蘆溪), Park In-Ro (1561～1642). In other words, it is not found in <Nogyejib(蘆溪集)>, which is a wood-block printed collection later than <Yeong- yangyeogjeung>. The reason of this exclusion was studied as that Choi Ha-Won and Choi Og excluded this work when they produced the collection in 1831 because they thought the work did not match with the Confucian nature of the collection. <Gweonjuga> is composed of three semantic parts; the first and last phrases correspond each other and two middle chapters repeatedly make atmosphere of offering drinks and then offer drinking. The characteristic features of <Gweonjuga> are as the following; first, the listner of the song is specifically set and second, the directives such as "this" and "that" are used effectively, in order to show the speaker's recognition of confrontation. Third, the words "which", "how many", and "what" are used frequently as having negative meaning, showing the recognition to the inevitable transient life. Such features demonstrate that offering "drink and enjoy" is based on the speaker's attitude of enjoying the present life. The life of Nogye can be divided into two periods. During Japanese invasion he acted as a soldier and after the war he tried to live a Confucian life; being content and honest though poor. However, he felt discord between his desire and changed social environments after war and suffered from trouble caused by unchanging poverty. Moreover, he could not be completely free from the interest to outside world and honorable life. As a result, Nogye viewed the world being antagonistic and he demonstrated such view to the world by <Gweonjuga>. The limitation and emptiness of human life and pursuing joy of the present life described in the song come from the experience of horrible war. Therefore, the "conviviality" to Nogye is not a mere joy, but also the way to be away and forget the memory of discord with the world and war. <Gweonjuga> can give a new meaning to the Nogye's songs because it describes his true internal aspects and view to the world as explained, which is not found in other songs. <Gweonjuga> has such charactreistics because this song was written in his old days and he wrote the song by the request of Lee Yeo-Hwang, son of his close friend Hanum(漢陰). <Gweonjuga> was excluded from <Nogyejib> when it was printed because its view was somewhat strayed from Confucian, in which the discord and difficulty of present life should be ideally recovered.