書簡을 통해 본 박세당과 남구만의 교유 양상

Abstract

This research tries to highlight the aspect of companionship between Seogye, Park Sedang, and Yarkchun, Nam Kuman, through the study of the letters between two persons. Park Sedang and the Nam Kuman are regarded as the representative persons out of the group of Soron's scholars in the latter of Chosun dynasty. The letter has the different value from the normal literature genre since the sender thinks the receiver when he writes the letter. The aspect of the companionship through the letters between Seogye and Yarkchun delicately shows their agony, conflict, opinions on the current events and study, and the humane affection which we can hardly find out in other genres. The detailed characteristics are as below. At first, they discussed on each other's position many times in the middle of troubled times. Secondly, they coordinated their different opinions through the exchange of letters whenever there were the differences on politics and studies. Thirdly, they truly worried about and consoled each others even though they were far away and exiled due to political controversy. The letters between two persons would give them the power to sustain in a string of political controversies. This sort of communication method will have the similar meaningness at presence.