雪嵒 權玉鉉의 紀行詩

Abstract

Seoram(雪嵒) Gwon, Ok-Hyeon(權玉鉉, 1912-1999) was born in Hapcheon(陜川), Gyeongnam(慶南) Province during the Japanese rule. He was a modern scholar of Chinese literature that sought after the old learning instead of the new learning as he went through the Korean War and the democratization process in the nation. In recent years, there have been researches on the "denotation and extension of Chinese literature in the 20th century." Reflecting this trend in the academic circles, this study set out to examine Seoram's 130 travel poems in Chinese to figure out how a modern scholar of Chinese literature went sightseeing and what kind of characteristic would be found in it. Manjae(萬齋) Gwon, Jae-Chun(權載春, 1882-1952), who was an elder brother of Seoram's father, studied under Yeonjae(淵齋) Song, Byeong-Seon(宋秉璿, 1836-1905) and Simseokjae(心石齋) Song, Byeong-Sun(宋秉珣, 1839-1912). Ilheon(一軒) Gwon, Jae-Hwan(權載丸, 1888-1951), who was a younger brother of Seoram's father, studied under Ganjae(艮齋) Jeon Woo(田愚, 1841-1922). Hyeonam(弦菴) Gwon, Jae-Seong(權載性, 1890- 1955), Seoram's father, studied under his elder brother as a child and then under Song, Byeong-Sun and NohBaekheon(老柏軒) Jeong, Jae-Gyu(鄭載圭, 1843-1911). By the recommendation of his father, Seoram started to study under Chuyeon(秋淵) Gwon, Yong-Hyeon(權龍鉉, 1899-1988), who was a literary figure in the circle of Ganjae, at the age of 19(1931). These fragmentary facts indicate that the academic origin of Seoram's clan was their family study that inherited the learning of Wooam(尤庵) Song, Si-Yeol(宋時烈, 1607-1689) combined with their study under Yeonjae and Ganjae, being closely related to the legacy of the Giho School(畿湖學脈). It was the central axis throughout Seoram's life. Seoram made an excursion many times in his life. His travel began in Hapcheon, where his family resided for generations, and expanded across the nation beyond Gyeongnam Province. His excursions were one-time events in most cases, but he was persistent to visit the academic origin of his clan covering the family study and his study under his teachers. Especially, he made repeated visits to Gangwon(江原道) Province, where the relics of Yulgok(栗谷) Lee, Yi(李珥, 1536-1584), one of core sages in the Giho School, and Hwayang-dong(華陽洞), Chungcheong(忠淸道) Province, where Song, Si-Yeol(宋時烈) pursued his study, creating travel poems in Chinese to express his reverence and admiration for these figures. Even the companions to his travel were either his alumni or fellow students that shared the same academic origin with him, which clearly shows what he intended for his excursions. This tendency of Seoram explains why he created no literary works about Nammyeong(南冥) Jo, Shik(曺植, 1501-1572) or Mt. Jiri(智異山) and even made no mention about them even though his family resided in Hapcheon(陜川) for generations and he had close exchanges with scholars from the Gangwoo region including Uiryeong(宜寧). He was a modern scholar of Chinese literature that was thoroughly determined to inherit the legacy of the Giho School.