허균의 사주 수용과 「解命文」 기록

Abstract

This thesis examines the acceptance process of fate based on 「Haemyeongmun」 a manuscript from 『Seongsobubugo』 which is the collection of the literary work by Heo Kyun, a scholar of the mid-Joseon Dynasty. In the mid-Joseon period, based on the Neo-Confucianism belief system some writers began to accept various teachings and ideas, including astronomy, geography, medicine, fortune-telling, and martial arts. Among them was the well-known Heo Gyun, the author of the novel 『Hong Gil-dong』, he was a Neo-Confucian scholar with outstanding academic knowledge and varied talents. He tried to create a new world he dreamed of by accepting not only Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, but also various ideologies, new perspectives and practical studies from different fields and disciplines. As a thinker and a writer as well as a politician, he accepted a variety of ideas and wrote 「Haemyeongmun」 which other writers did not record, by virtue of his free-spirited personality and on the background of the unhappy family environment that became a matter of extreme importance to him throughout his life. Looking at the circumstances surrounding the death of members of his family, he became deeply interested in the view of life and death that could not be solved by the Neo-Confucianism he believed in. Through his ill-fated life experiences, he came to realize that one’s destiny is not determined by hard work alone. He thought his life was miserable because of his bad fortune, but it turned out that he was destined to live a long life and will be just as great as Han Yu and Su Shi who were both renowned writers of their era. As expressed in 「Haemyeongmun」, he willingly accepted the hardships of his current situation and hoped for a new and delightful life in the afterlife. While research on Heo Gyun's literary works has been active so far, his 「Haemyeongmun」 has not received much attention from the academic community and has produced few research results. Through this study, I would like to examine his view of fate and use it as a starting point to study the view of fate of intellectuals during the Joseon Dynasty.