창강 김택영의 中國滯留期 한시 고찰 - 디아스포라의 관점에서 -

Abstract

Changkang Kim Taekyoung(1850~1927) manifested resistance to being enslaved by Japan just before the Eulsa annexation treaty and left Korea for Tongju in China with his family. He made 300 asylum poetry including historical publications. As the national destiny declined, he fled Japanese oppression into China in order to commit himself to patriotic writings. As a diaspora, he couldn’t accord national identity with ethnic identity in exile. For the hope of Korean independence, he issued “Corrected Samguk Sagi” “New History of Goryeo” “Hansagye”, “Ahn Joong-geun” etc. He kept on publishing history books and collections of literary works despite of poor conditions. As a diaspora, he associated with Korean political figures working for the government-in-exile including Seungman Rhee. He filed a petition with Chinese government to support Korean independence with other nationalists. Kim Taekyoung’s asylum poems written in China can be classified from the perspective of a diaspora in three divisions. First of all, there are lamentation poets as a refugee. He suffered the country’s ignominy of being conquered by Japan. When he went to Soju to see a famous scholar, Euwol, he reminded the old capital of Onara. It reflected a bitter grief for national ruin of Joseon. In his other poem, “The Sixty’s birthday morning”, diaspora identity is also seen in many lines. He confessed his humiliating life in the dark age as a miserable exile in a foreign country and expressed a strong will to go back to homeland. Next, he composed poets of sincere patriotic concerns for the country’s fate. He continuously printed the history books and watched the country’s changing situations. Eulsa annexation treaty and Gojong’s abdication from the throne made him to pour out deep grief. He was longing for the restoration of Korean sovereignty. On “Hearing from Ahn Jung-geun’s righteous deed to kill an enemy”, he honored him as a noble patriot as well as Korean pride. he tried to raise national identity and self-esteem in a positive way. I considered his patriotic writings as diaspora poetry to contribute his efforts for the country’s restoration. Finally, he kept company with political figures and exiles. They shared sufferings. The poem about corresponding with Ahn Chang ho, he mentioned sorry affair for YounhyunJin who was an independence activist and died at an early age. The poem about communicating with Shingyusik, he deplored deeply his inevitable life, “Who could bring me home for the rest of my refugee life?” In the poetry, Kim Taekyoung can be understood as an miserable diaspora. Kim Taekyoung struggled with his writings through his life to express his sufferings and identity conflicts. He had a tough time to leave homeland and to survive in a strange foreign land. His lamentation over the national ruin and a humiliating colonial situation enabled him to issue a variety of patriotic writings. I examine Kim Taekyoung’s asylum poetry during the late 19th century in the Korean Empire remarked high level of Chinese prose and can be classified from the standpoint of diaspora literature.