서명응의 詩樂學 연구

Abstract

Study on poetry and music conducted by Bomanjae Seo Myoung-Eung, a scholar of the late Joseon dynasty, shows the scene of active individualization and specialization of individual branch study in an academic field. Seo Myo ung-Eung, a scholar of the late Joseon dynasty, wrote on various academic fields, engaging national compilation project while he worked as a high-ran king government official. Although he was well-versed in various academic fields, he was especially interested in poetry and music that he forgot to eat and sleep. He gained some achievement in those fields. Poetry and music he studied, forgetting to eat and sleep, are related to a theoretical investigation into Poetry musicology but ultimately, they are to find and suggest an ideal form of ‘poetry musicology as a Akjang (move ment)’ that is used at traditional national ceremonies such as ritual, recep tion and military protocol. Furthermore, they were for the investigation into how to realize Confucian’s theory of music realistically by suggesting ideal form of music that consists of Dangsang’s 堂上 songs and Dangha’s 堂下 instrument play. Therefore, idea of poetry musicology which Seo Myoung-Eung seeked meets the ideal of traditional national ceremonies at some points. However, it sometimes is limited to being just suggested as ideological idea. That is probably because it is hard to connect the theoretical investigation of poetry and music to the stage of action in reality. However, it would be meaningless to measure the value of Seo Myoung-Eung’s study depending on carrying it out in reality. Rather, combining Akjang and music, and the ideal form of Dangsanak (music on the hall) and Danghaak (music under the hall) suggested by the late Joseon dynasty scholar who studied what the most ideal poetry and music are can give an opportunity of reflecting on poetry and music more deeply in cosmological sense.