東州 李敏求의 杜詩 受容 樣相

Abstract

Dongju(東州) Lee Min-gu(李敏求) was one of the representative literary figures in mid-Joseon, and he left a vast amount of Chinese poetry and prose up to 2,400 pieces even when those that got burnt in the Manchu Invasion of Korea are not considered. Within the flow of the poetic atmosphere favoring Tang Poetry(唐詩), he was deeply interested in Tang Poetry with the influence of his father, Jibong(芝峯) Lee Soo-gwang(李睟光), and among them, he admired the poetry written by Du Fu referred to as a Poetic Saint(詩聖) the most. Up until now, research on Dongju literature has been conducted in multilateral ways; however, there is lack of research on the origin of Hak Si(學詩) and the style of his poetry. This thesis is written to reveal that the origin of Dongju’s Chinese poetry is grounded on Tang Poetry, and in particular, he leaned towards Du Fu’s poetry(杜詩). First, when writing poems, Dongju borrowed Du Fu’s poetic words and used them in his poems just as they were or modified them. He used Du Fu’s verse as a rhyme and gave variety to it to write old poems, or he took each individual letter as a rhyme to compose Jeolgu(絶句) serial poems. Second, Dongju followed the form of Du Fu’s serial poetry, 「Donggokchilga (同谷七歌)」 to write 「Cheolseongchilga(鐵城七歌)」 to recite the reality of his exile, and borrowing his rhymes to write five-word old poems, he encouraged learning to his disciples and let them know of the preciousness of everyday life. Yongju(龍洲) Cho-Gyeong(趙絅) highly praised Dongju saying that he acquired Du Fu’s poetry genuinely and surpassed the level of imitating his phrases merely to reach the state of a Poetic God(詩神) transformed completely and newly. Also, Lee Gyeong-yu(李景儒), the later generation, evaluated that Dongju’s poems are similar to Du Fu’s. Examining all the criticism above here, this researcher acknowledges that Dongju took Du Fu’s poetry as an example in terms of Hak Si and followed it, which allowed his Chinese poetry to achieve its own unique status after all.