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Abstract

Jeong In-Bo was the best scholar of Chinese studies in the first half of the 20th century, and he took the lead in creating a national cultural identity that demonstrated nationalism. He did not write in Japanese at a time when Japanese was commonly used as the ‘Korean language’ under the Japanese colonial rule, and he wrote a lot to protect the modern subjective national and cultural consciousness. As the knowledge field changed during the transition period of modern civilization, writing in Chinese and Korean reflected the change in the social status of characters. In the academic view of ‘Chosun Studies’, which seeks to establish the nation’s modern cultural identity, recognition of Hangeul, the Korean language, and writing in Hangeul were unavoidable. Jeong In-Bo, who was active in education and journalism based on the modern reading culture at the time, attempted to write in modern Hangeul based on his writing experience of old writings. Jeong In-Bo focused on writing ‘Korean writings’ that contained the spirit of the era by referring to the old Chinese texts in the modern national consciousness. He emphasized that the voice is an important factor in making the Korean people, and emphasized the importance of the 28-character Hangeul. He also made various attempts to reproduce the spirit and flavor of the old in the modern era. Thus, he gave a new interpretation of the ancient books in Chinese characters through writing in Hangeul, and attempted to compose a SIJO that puts traditional flavor into modern emotions. His writing in Hangeul was also fluently displayed in lyrics to commemorate the National Day after Liberation. However, his writing in Hangeul also had a tendency to follow the style of the ancient Korean language. In addition, the lyrics after Liberation were centered on heightening the sense of collective identity, such as a nation, nation, or group, rather than the agony of the reality of national division, and emphasizing the justification and emotion of a modern nation. His writing in Hangeul has meaning as a recognition of Hangeul and writing in Hangeul, reflecting the academic view that pioneered modern Korean studies in the transitional period, when the creation of a modern nation’s cultural identity was an important task in the colonial situation in the first half of the 20th century.