고성 이씨 소장 『해도교거사』의 국어학적 가치

Abstract

‘Haedogyogeosa”, which is a ‘gasa’, a form of prose during Joseon dynasty. The summary of the study is as following. Haedogyogeosa is a ‘gasa’ written in Hangeul by a lady. The lady is Kim U-rak, who was the wife of Seokju Yi Sang-ryong. Yi Sang-ryong was the first Gukmuryeong, the head, of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea in Shanghai. Kim U-rak wrote this gasa when she was in Manchuria as an exile. The gasa was written immediately after Kim U-rak settled in Yeongchunwon (永春源) in Yuhahyeon (柳河縣), when was the fall of the year 1911 (辛亥年). Therefore, the Haedogyogeosa is the earliest one among the gasa’s known to have been written by Koreans in Manchuria in exile. Kim U-rak also wrote other gasa’s such as Ganwunsa and Jyosonbyeolseo in 1913 and 1914. Like these two gasa’s, the Haedogyogeosa describes the hardship and adversity suffered by the ladies, who participated in independence movement in exile. The gasa is an important one because it has historical value by describing the route of exile and the process of settlement until they arrived at Yeongchunwon in very minute detail. There are Hangeul writings which reflect the characteristics of Korean linguistics at the late 19th century. The geographical names of Korean and overseas and the vocabularies reflected the time also include various dialects of Andong area, where Kim U-rak lived more than 60 years.