<예덕선생전(穢德先生傳)>의 인물 분석과 근대 지향성

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the characters of Ye-Doek sunsaeng Jeon and to derive an aspect of modernity embodied in his works. This work is one of Yeon-am Park Ji-won's nine works, consisting of a dialogue between the teacher and the disciples. Ja-mog represents the common people of the time, and Seon-gyul-ja represents a revolutionary intellectual who is pursuing the new character needed for a new era. At the time, the public perceived it as a humble being who lived on the shit, but Seon-gyul-ja focused on the way of life and the oriented values of such an act rather than the act itself. Um haeng-su, agriculturally, exists between shit and vegetables. And economically, it exists between the dirt and the manure. Seon-gyul-ja emphasized that in times of change, one should be able to see his existence, not the character itself. This gaze implies the modern orientation of the work. The interpretation of this work must go beyond the diligence and frugality of Um haeng-su. It is necessary to capture the flow of money beyond diligence, frugality and beyond, as an economic agent actively participating in commercial economic activities. This is the modern consciousness of Yeon-am projected on <Ye-Doek sunsaeng Jeon>. If you live your life in the same way as Um haeng-su, and look at him from the perspective of Seon-gyul-ja and make friends with each other, the Korean society will not change and be difficult. If this happens, there can be hope that Joseon, which lost its direction, will be able to develop further. This is the critical message and reflective orientation of the troubled intellectuals in the transitional era and the modernity of Yon-am literature.