17-18세기 安東金門이 享有한 梅花의 文化史

Abstract

I studied about the cultural history of enjoying plum blossom by Andong Gim’s family in 17th and 18th centuries. They are Gim Su-Jeung, Gim Su-Hang brothers and Gim Su-Hang’s sons Gim Chang-Hyeob, Gim Chang-Heub, and Gim Chang-Eob. They left a significant mark about the plum blossom’s history in late Choseon dynasty. So I studied why they started liking the plum blossom and how to plant and keep it. I also studied about their poems with the plum blossom and how to express their feelings. The liking plum blossom of Andong Gim’s family was started by Gim Chang-Eob. He wrote a poem with his plum blossom and asked answer to his father Gim Su-Hang. Gim Su-Hang suffered the last sanction of the law at a place of exile in 1689. He finally wrote the poem to his son before he died. It was the request to take care of the plum blossom in his garden. Gim Su-Hang’s will made changes to think about the plum blossom. After that, Andong Gim’s family started to plant, keep, and express liking about the plum blossom. First of all, Gim Chang-Eob distributed his father’s plum blossom to his brother. Gim Su-Jeung and Gim Chang- Hyeob grew the plum blossom in his garden. Gim Chang-Heub stood his liking about the plum blossom until the old age. He tried to grow it in the evening of the life. So many poems with the plum blossom were included in Andong Gim’s family’s works. Gim Su-Jeung, Gim Chang-Hyeob and Gim Chang-Heub exchanged the poem with the plum blossom each other. Their poems with the plum blossom had increased since 1689, and this phenomenon coincided with liking the plum blossom. Andong Gim’s family’s poems with the plum blossom were mostly written by the writer to aim for retirement. If you examine many poems with the plum blossom, you can understand that the plum blossom was a symbol and a partner in the retiring life.