유배, 일상의 단절과 소통 - 박태보(朴泰輔)의 선천(宣川) 유배 생활을 중심으로 -

Abstract

This essay reconstructs the everyday lives in exile, in terms of his connection and communications, which Pak T’ae-bo, a fresh official, lived in the 17th century. In the place of exile where his preexisting connections were cut off, he had to manage to live a new ordinary life differing from his past one. That is, Pak came to associate himself with the persons on the site such as district magistrates or Buddhist monks. Also, he led a leisurely everyday life by sightseeing beauty spots in his exile place as the so-call leisure class did it in those days. Meanwhile, Pak maintained his old personal ties by exchanging letters with his family and relatives in Seoul, which made it possible to continue his past everyday life in Seoul. This was helped by the fact that his place of exile was Sŏnch’ŏn located on the Ŭiju Road connecting between Ŭiju and Seoul. Taking advantage of the contemporary official post-station system(p’abal), his extended-family members and he asked official couriers deliver their letters to each other. His father and uncle on his mother side told him that his exile was the ordeal in his lifetime and at the same time an opportunity of his growth, emphatically requesting that he had to cultivate his learning and character. We need to appreciate exiler’s life by integrate his new isolated everyday life and continual one, and also his association with acquaintances in the place of exile and his communications with his family members.