李命啓의 <<海皐集選>>과 시세계

Abstract

Lee Myong-Gye(李命啓) is a Seoeol(庶孼) poet, who represented the 18th century and led Cholim Style(椒林體) with Lee Bong-Hwan(李鳳煥). However, Lee Myong-Gye and his poems are still not introduced to the academic field in detail. The purpose of this paper is to introduce his life, anthology and the outline of his poetic world through Haegochipson(海皐集選) in C.V. Starr East Asian Library, UC Berkeley. Haegochipson Volume 1․2[Ildongrok(日東錄)] are comprised of about 275 poems written at the time of 1748’s Tongsinsa trip. In these poems, Lee Myong-Gye had ambivalent attitudes about Japan. In other words, he sticked a negative and critical position about customs of Japan. Meanwhile, when he communicated with Japan poets by writing, he generally took a positive and favorable attitude. Because he wanted to do his best about two missions, ‘reconnoiter’ and ‘friendship’. Haegochipson Volume 3․4[Sungnamrok(城南錄)] are comprised of about 264 poems. He wrote many poems with friends in Dongaksidan(東岳詩壇). At this time, he primarily used chileonyulsi(七言律詩), which were contained elaborate expressions in solitary mood. On the other hand, he created 23 poems for self-reflection(自警詩). He newly recognized daily lives as materials for poems, and revealed will to maturity. As mentioned above, Ildongrok shows one of intellectuals’ understanding of japan and the reality of Korea-Japan Exchanges. Through Sungnamrok, we can understand Seoeol poet’s tendency to write poems and self-reflection.