보한재 신숙주의 문예사상과 서예

Abstract

Bohanjae Shin Suk-ju is a figure who took the initiative in the culture of the Joseon Dynasty in the 15th century, He left behind remarkable achievements in many different spheres, and a lot of studies have examined him in the areas of politics, history, culture, diplomatic history and phonology. In the domain of art, studies that investigated approximately 80 painting poems written by him have produced good results to some extent as well. The purpose of this study was to examine Bohanjae's thought of literature and calligraphic works, as no studies have ever attempted to investigate his calligraphy though his books show he was a master calligrapher. He was one of the representative men of letters in the 15th century, and one of the people of merit who were called Gwanhakpa that made a contribution to the early Joseon Dynasty. He approved of the value and effects of literature and art, and embraced the two in reality. He regarded poetry, writing and painting as ways of mind training, and he mentioned that the principles and ultimate pursuit of poetry and painting were the same, which is called Shihwailryul. Shihwailryul required the harmony and unity of heaven, earth and nature through mind training. On the other hand, he was very proud of the tradition of superb calligraphy that was handed down from his great-grandfather Shin Deok-rin to his father Shin Jang. He hoped that his descendants would continue in this tradition. His works of lishu, which were part of Bihaedangsosangpalgyung- sichup(匪懈堂瀟湘八景詩帖) produced in 1442 as one of his posthumous works, seems to stick to his great-grandfather's Deokrin-che. The works of xingshu that were included in Ahn Gyeon's painting in 1447 followed Jo Mang-bu's Songseol-che in a quite elaborative way, and that is also the case for his works of xingshu that were 20 poems which were called Jeolgu-sis and included in Mongyudowondo-gwonchuk(夢遊桃源圖卷軸) that 22 writers worked on together including Prince Anpyeong. His works are more remarkable than those of the others. His works in Bongsajoseonchanghwasigwon(奉使朝鮮唱和詩卷) produced by Yei Gyeom who came to Korea as an envoy from the Ming Dynasty in 1450 were of dignified kaishu style. These works seem to reflect his personal individuality more distinctively than his previous works. Besides, his works of letters and drafts of poems seem to show his individuality more clearly than his previous works. The works that he wrote in latter years boast a careless yet profound and mysterious stroke of brushes. These works could be viewed as Bohaenjae's most unique and outstanding works, being introduced as his major works in a book "Geunmuk(槿墨)" that was published in early modern times.