龜巖 李禎의 삶의 여정, 그리고 漢詩

Abstract

This study was conducted to examine the spaces and characters exhibited in Guam Lee Jeong’s (1512∼1571) Chinese Poems, and therefore, tap the modern availability of them, by focusing on his long career as a local officer working in Yeongnam province. The total number of Chinese poems collected in 『Guamjip(龜巖集)』 was 246, but it is not easy to track his life flow, because they are listed by their poetic themes and it is impossible to verify when most of his works were written. More than half of his official life was, however, spent to work as a local official, so it may be possible to secure important clues with which when and where his Chinese poems were created can be inferred. Hence, this study investigated his poems created in some provinces: Yeongju, Seonsan and Gyeongju, Gyeonbuk; Cheongju, Chungbuk; Sunchoen, Jeonnam; and Sacheon, his home. In doing so, it was possible to verify that the degree of his Neo-Confucian understanding, his reflection on and practice of Neo-Confucianism, interest in persons who are politically disappointed, and respect and reverence for his teacher and affection for his home are reflected across his Chinese poems. Putting an emphasis on the current availability of Guam's Chinese poems, by seeking how to verify and reorganize the sites in which Chinese literary works were created is closely related with the excavation of local cultural archetypes and the development of cultural resources. It is probably a significant work in regard to the development of contents. Discovering a general value from a lot of books written in classical Chinese, which can have implication for modern people, may be a certainly significant work promoting locally collaborative development and encouraging the self-esteem of local residents.