尤庵 宋時烈의 書體

Abstract

The origin of Song Si Yeol’s calligraphy is related to characters of his father: Song Gap Jo and his master: Kim Jip and so on. Also, it shows that ‘The Thousand Chinese Character Classic with the big character’ written by Han Ho would give an influence to the formation of Song’s calligraphy. Song Si Yeol also represented at that time by his sentences, and “sentence of Uam (Song Si Yeol’s pen name), the character of Dong Chun (Song Jun Gil’s pen name), the head writing of Mun Gok (Kim Su Hang’s pen name)” were the best honor then. His aspiration is big and deep, so Uam isn’t a person satisfied with such a government position. There is such loyalty in his calligraphy. The calligraphy of Uam, which represents history, thought and politics in the 17th century, is all with the reason and a courtesy. The contents and the outward form were also magnificent naturally, because it aimed at only a sense of morality and honor. Heroic, vigorous and sturdy stroke and structure were used in calligraphy and it expressed the natural greatness of a soul. It isn’t to be particular about a design of a letter, and only the reason why it was written is important. He did not only try to ornament a stroke, but also set a structure to the form. In spite of the big and small character, the letters were written in the stroke with all his might and structure having full of vigor. Therefore, there is his spirit in the character of Uam. This point is the difference between Uam and other people; the meaning of Uam’s calligraphy is respecting aspiration. The calligraphy of Uam gave an influence to the people tied with a privately made relation; Nam Gu Man, Min Yu Jung, Gwon Sang Ha, Kim Chang Hyeop, Min Jin Hu, Min U Su, Lee Chae and so on.