浮査 成汝信의 문학과 기록 -산수기에서 진양지까지-

Abstract

Seong Yeosin(1546~1632) is a literary scholar from Jinju, Gyeongsang Province, who was active in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Seong was very talented from his younger age, and devoted himself to learning, which resulted in passing regional preexamination(鄕試) 24 times. However he couldn’t pass civil examination(文科) although he prepared for 50 years. To relieve the stress and anger of successive failure, he became more and more obsessed to traveling around and wondering the landscape. On the other hand, he actively protested the innocence of falsely accused local personnel, implemented a village covenant, and led the compiling the first private published village almanac in Jinju, Jinyangji. He was a practical scholar who did not stop himself at internal sublimation but reached out externally, therefore acted for the local community and the people of Jinju from the late 16th to the early 17th century. Discussion on Seong Yeosin so far has focused on the aspect of Nammyeong School scholar who inherited Nammyeong Jo Sik's thoughts and studies, but this article focuses on his perception of literature and actual works, which has been relatively neglected. As Seong prepared civil examination for a long time, his literary attainments are guaranteed whether intended or not. Moreover, it is confirmed from various writtings from reminiscing Seong that he had great interest and talent in literature. Especially as he was eminent in writing Fu(賦), a style of Classical Chinese writing which ‘expatiate events and depict situation’, and thus took first place in regional preexamination several times, it can be said that his writing has descriptive characteristic. This trait is maximized in his poem ’YuDuryusansi(遊頭流山詩)’, which borrowed structure from ’Lushangao(廬山高)’ of Ouyang Xiu(歐陽脩) and ’Nanshanshi(南山詩)’ of Han Yu(韓愈). ’By prose makes verse’ is key word to penetrate literature of Seong Yeosin, which is linked to description of Jinyangji. From this point the interaction between literature and records of Seong Yeosin can be found.