陶谷 李宜顯 墓道文의 다층적 성격

Abstract

Dogok Lee Uihyon(1669~1745) is a civil minister during the reign of Sukjeong~Yeongjo and is a writer who played a major role in strengthening and spreading the logic of the ancient writings of Tang-Sung Period after Kim, Changhyup(1651~1708). This aspect is well shown in epitaphs approaching 200. Writing an epitaph means to be recognized as the first class writer of the age. Also, it is also attractive in terms of being able to hand the history not covered in official history down to posterity. Thus, a writer of an epitaph not only shows off his writing skills but tries to convey only objective facts from the perspective of a historiographer. However, the various factors are involved in the writing process such as the relationship between an owner of tomb and requester, political dynamics, difference of ideological⋅academic views and as a result, it takes on several multi-layered nature different from general prose. Lee Uihyon made every possible effort to avoid the alleged flattery, the inherent problem of an epitaph and contain the virtue of reputation or character. For this reason, contents or expressions were modified in consultation with a requester and people around putting aside personal tastes and if collective interests conflicted, quite subjective and exclusionary attitudes were shown. On the other hand, however, the limitations of the genre were overcome by boldly employing the narrative structure to improve the representation of a character and the literally notable features are shown such as using it as a means of practical criticism on Ming’s restorative school.