장희춘(蔣希春)의 시대정신과 평전(評傳)의 비판적 검토

Abstract

From the end of the 16th century to the beginning of the 17th century, Jang Hee-chun(蔣希春, 1556~1618), an expert on Japan, had worked as a Righteous Army Leader(義兵將) centered in Ul-san(蔚山) during the Im-jin war(壬辰倭亂, Japanese in- vasion of Korea in 1592~1598) and participated in the peace negotiations between Chosun and Japan. Also, in 1607, after the Japanese invasion of Chosun, he had partici- pated in the first agency officially dispatched to the Edo[江戶] shogunate by the Chosun government as a Reply and Prisoner Repatriation Envoy(回答兼刷還使) and he left re- cord, Haedonggi(海東記). In this paper, the historical documents related to Jang Hee-chun were demonstrated through two research questions. The first is to interpret the spirit of the age contained in his deeds by comparing and examining the life of Jang Hee-chun, an expert on Japan, with adjacent historical sources, centering on Jang Hee-chun's collection of literary works, Seongjaesilgi(誠齋實紀). Second, It is reinterpreted various theories posed to Jang Hee-chun by critically examining the internal critique of SeongjaeSilgi and the ad- jacent historical sources.