구봉 송익필의 서예연구 – 삼현수간을 중심으로 –

Abstract

Gubong Song Ik-pil is a confucianist in Chosun dynasty in the 16th century. He was one of the three important figures in poetry and eight writers of the period. He is represented by Garyejuseol which is a four formality for the first time in Chosun. Three Wise Men's Letters(三賢手簡) is a collection of letters between Yi Yi and Seong Hon. It is a significant handwritten material with the meaningful statue in calligraphy history. It is designated as Korea’s treasure number 1415. Song Ik-pil was excellent in cursive writing. Even though he influenced on the later cursive writing style, previous academic researches on his calligraphy have not done enough. This paper takes an in-depth study on the origin of his handwriting and his writing style presented in Samhyunsugan. Song Ik-pil was a neo-confucianist who tried to realize the ideal neo-confucianism. He persisted with cursive script which was vigorous and strong. This paper suggests that his cursive script was founded on the basis of Haeseo which was extremely precise. His writing presented through Samhyunsugan is bold but simple. His philosophy in calligraphy was about expressions of hearts and he kept his attitude for politeness study. His writing has a significant role in leading the writing style which was acquired by people those days and later time as a model writing style of neo-confucianists. His cursive writing style plays a key role as a norm for academy and calligraphy for later scholars. His style established its statue as a model writing for Kiho politeness study which succeeded his academic line until 17th century with a significance in calligraphy history.