韓愈 「進學解」와 柳宗元 「答問」優劣論- 문장구도분석을 중심으로-

Abstract

Han Yu and Liu Zong Yuan, near contemporaries, were true rivals in Tang prose writing. Among their works, Jinxuejie by Han Yu and Dawen by Liu Zong Yuan are quite similar to each other in form and content as they both draw on Dong Fang Shuo’s Dake’nan and Yang Xong’s Jiechao from the Han Dynasty. Both works take the form of an apology and their sentence composition is structured after Lipolipo. However, in contrast to Liu’s rather formulaic and simplistic Xianlihoupo style, Han You’s Jinxuejie shows the uniquely natural and flowing style of Polipo by combining and reformulating Xianlihoupo and Lipolipo. In the end, in terms of sentence composition style and from the perspective of Zhangfaxue, Han Yu’s avoidance of excessive repetition and overlapping of simplistic compositional style found in Liu Zong Yuan’s writing, and his alternative use of unity and harmony held in balance makes Han’s writing superior to Liu’s. Indeed, Han Yu’s Jinxuejie demonstrates a fine realization of the compositional theory he developed in his Quchenyan.