조선 후기 문인들의 백두산 유람과 기록에 대하여

Abstract

As Baekdudaegan, from Mt. Baekdu to Mt. Jiri, is a basis mountain range of the Korean Peninsula, Mt. Baekdu has been sanctified as a suzerain mountain of the people for a long time. Nevertheless, the number of records about Mt. Baekdu is a few comparing with the mountain’s symbolism and name value. It is considered the reasons are the location of Mt. Baekdu and that the mountain is rough and difficult to climb up. The records about Mt. Baekdu were intermittently continued but almost all the records that were recorded after sightseeing Mt. Baekdu personally are in the latter half of Joseon Dynasty, especially, in the 18th century. The records about Mt. Baekdu written in the 18th century were divided into two parts as before and after 1712 when Mt. Baekdu’s border was settled. Records, in the former half of the 18th century, are「Bukjungilgi」of Park Gwan(1658~1715)ㆍ「Bukjungrok」of Kim Ji-Nam(1654~?)ㆍ「Baekdusangi」of Hong Se-Tae(1653~1725) and records in the latter of the 18th century are「Baekdusangi」of Lee Ui-Chul(1703~1778)ㆍ「Baekdusanyurok」of Park Jong(1735~1793)ㆍ「Yubaekdusangi」of Seo Myeong-Ung(1716~1787). In the case of the former, the records are things that persons, who participate in the delimitation course, personally wrote in May, 1712. Because they went to there following the order of the country and that was a serious and important work related to criticism and revision, it was hard for them to record fine views and pleasures of sightseeing. On the other hand, in the latter half of the 18th century after the delimitation, sightseeing tours were ones that persons went to with strong desire in sightseeing itself. Also, achievements of records related to Mt. Baekdu sightseeing written in the latter half of the 18th century can be estimated if considering they were literary men who had great ability in the literary. In the other words, we can know the situations before Mt. Baekdu’s border was fixed in the records written in the former half of the 18th century, and we also can know not only a journey but also extraordinary and fine views which were located in the nearby of Mt. Baekdu, the North situation, researches on defenses and specific insurances, actual circumstances of the government and the people in the North in the records of the latter half of the 18th century. In the other words, records written in the former half of the 18th century focused on facts, but records, of the latter half of the 18th century, focused on not only facts but also how to configure them. As a result, many works in the latter half of the 18th century show off their great achievements. Therefore, these records can be evaluated that these are the records which are more completed ones than records in the former half of the 18th century that just frankly show the Mt. Baekdu journeys and specific situations of the delimitation course.