『조성당일기(操省堂日記)』를 통해 본 17세기 초 영남 사족의 일상 속의 문화생활

Abstract

A Diary of Choseongdang(操省堂日記) was written by Choseongdang Kim Taekryong(金澤龍, 1547 ~ 1627). It consists of three volumes. The first volume was written in 1612, and the second and the third in 1616 and 1617. He kept a diary everyday and tried to put on a detailed record. The existing diary is estimated a part of the whole. Kim was the pupil of Wolcheon(月川) Cho Mok (趙穆) who was also the student of Toegyeo(退溪) Yi Hwang(李滉). He passed the state examination, and entered government service. His family had lived for generations and owned a house in Hangok(寒谷) of Yean(禮安) of Kyeongsang province, and he also three more houses in Sunheung(順興) area of Yeongju(榮州). These houses were originally owned by his dead wife and two concubines. Around his houses were scatterd farms of his own that was his economical base. His married daughters and a son who was adopted by another family lived in northen area of Kyeongsang province. He met his family members of this area very frequently. He also kept a frequent meeting with the local people such as the personnel of Dosan(陶山) lecture hall and Yeokdong (易東) lecture hall, the students who came for his lesson, social celebrities,governers of his area, and so on. Meeting was the most important thing in his daily life. This diary contains a detailed record of these meetings. Kim Taekryong was a opinion leader and the one of the most influential people,and therefore this diary shows how the noblemen of Kyeongsang area lived a daily life. A Diary of Choseongdang contains the cultural life of Kim Taekryong. It shows what kind of books he read. The books in the diary were mainly literary and historical ones. The neo-confucianism books were scarcely seen in the dairy. There were many student who came for his lesson. His literary lesson was mainly focused on historical events and the art of writing for the state examination. Kim's selection of literary works contains over two hundred poems, and this diary also contains several ones. This shows that his main interest in literature was a poetry. The diary also recorded his appreciation of nature. He went sightseeing for the area of scenic beauty such as Sobaeksan(小白山), but he mainly appreciated natural beauty in the vicinity of his house. He enjoyed to take a stroll in streams or hills around his house. A culture was a small component in his daily life, but considering his high cultural position in that time cases of cultural life in this diary can be estimated good examples for the study of the noblemen's culture in 17th century's Kyeongsang province.