≪금병매화집≫의 그림 속 문자 표현 연구

Abstract

In the picture centered on antithetical couplet(對聯) and scroll in Illustrations of Jin Ping Mei(金甁梅畵集) drawn by Cao Hanmei(曹涵美), the painter serialized 500 pictures for a long period of time and used them consistently from the beginning to the end, about 30 percents in total. It is noteworthy that the written characters representation(文字表現) is displayed into the figure, and the shape and typeface of each Calligraphy work have been carefully arranged. Since the letters were included in the figure, there was the relationship between the picture and the letters could appear better than any artwork. The painter first focused on the decorative aspect of the character and discovered that the Chinese traditional typeface was a form that evoked a kind of cultural sophistication and political and economic power. Used in place buildings to represent constant social status and wealth levels, as well as cultural atmospheres, and sometimes used as the primary means of maintaining constancy in long illustrations. The painter also paid attention to the semantic aspect of the written characters, complemented the content of the scene with the written characters consisting of verse, and poetic eleganized(雅化) the incident and the person. Also, explicit sexual situations and scenes were treated figuratively to maintain a certain level without falling to the Illustrations of Jin Ping Mei vulgar level. In addition, obscene and corruption caused by fierce conflicts and contradictions between people were purified in didactic words and admonitioned(鑑戒). Seen in this way, the painter was able to produce various effects on the use of written characters representation that no illustrator had ever tried, and was able to express his interpretation of the novel Jin Ping Mei(金甁梅).