林谷 林眞怤의 삶과 詩世界

Abstract

Lim-gok Lim Jin-bu(1586-1657) was an intellectual elite out of power, who had lived in the 17th century, when was in a state of the top confusion since Joseon was established. Joseon went through such wars as the Imjinwaeran(Japanese Invasion of Korea in 1592), the Rebellion of Lee Gwal, the Byeongjahoran(the Manchu war of 1636), etc. And, in regional and academic aspects, the Northerner Faction (Bug-in) regime, which was the core power during the years of King Gwanghaegun, had been changed by King Injo Restoration, thus Nammyeong School for the academic base of Bug-in was downfallen. More than anything else, many schoolfellows were sacrificed during the downfall of Nammyeong School. Im-gok realized that he could not achieve his wishes and plans during historic changing period, and then he had no choice but to live as an intellectual elite out of power. This study investigated the life of Im-gok, who was the dominating figure of Nammyeong School, through his sino-Korean poetry. While Im-gok lived as an intellectual elite out of power for all his life, he had devoted himself to the succession to the of scholarship of Lim family who lived in Galgye-ri, Geochang, and there were his grand-uncle Galcheon Lim Hun and grandfather Chem-mo-dang Lim Un as the representative men for the Lim family. First of all, Im-gok described vividly the inevitable situation of national wars including the Byeongjahoran, etc. and a gap between reality and self- consciousness in his sino-Korean poetry. Accordingly, his anguish, strict moral disciplines, the activities of intellectual elites out of power including the reverence for local ancient sages were remarkably found in his poems.