연암 박지원의 <서상수(徐常修)에게 윤회매(輪回梅) 사라고 보낸 편지> 연구

Abstract

In this thesis I studied on two issues of The letter asking Seo, Sang-soo(徐常修) to buy the Yoonhoemae(輪回梅: transmigration-ume) written by Yeonam(燕巖) Park, Ji-won(朴趾源, 1737~1805). First issue was on the aspect of adaptation of the letter that has three types of different editions. Through the minute comparison, it was revealed that Yeonam had made various efforts in the process of twice adaptions to enhance the literary value of the letter. But on the other, the adaptation that changed the private letter into the public work as a necessity brought on the 'self-inspection'. Especially describing a sort of labor of making Yoonhoemae(輪回梅), Yeonam beautified his real life to some extent. I thought that such attitude of Yeonam was intimately related toward the distinctiveness of the 18th century's Chosun(朝鮮). Second issue was on the unrevealed meaning of Yeonam's making Yoonhoemae(輪回梅). Despite the amusement tendency described on the letter, Yeonam's making Yoonhoemae(輪回梅) was not entirely for amusement. In his early thirties, living in Jongbook(鍾北), Yeonam as a Yangban(兩班) did a sort of labor of making Yoonhoemae(輪回梅) and sold the product in the market for living. But 'the labor' and 'the commercial transaction' were taboos among Yangban(兩班)'s society. Therefore I hope that this newly raised issue about Yeonam's experiences will be considered importantly to study Yeonam's literature and thought.