嗜好의 편향성과 조선 지식인의 자기규정

Abstract

This paper examines how giho (嗜好, a special liking for something) and byeok (癖, a mania for something) were associated with an individual's temperament in the Joseon Dynasty, paying attention to how giho based on temperamental differences, was used to define the self-identity of Joseon intellectuals. In Joseon literature, giho was seen as something that everyone possessed and that varied from person to person. Furthermore, the tendency to like certain objects is considered to be inherent in one’s temperament, and it is discussed that giho also varied according to differences in temperamental nature. It was here that Joseon intellectuals emphasized differences in giho and established a grade system for it. Furthermore, giho which could vary according to innate disposition, was used in defining individual dignity, and items of giho became a symbolic tactic that demonstrated individual’s predisposition within the culturally stratified society of the Joseon Dynasty. As a result, within the discourse that intellectuals liked objects that were similar to their own temperamental nature, the giho was used to define oneself as belonging to the elegant class, which was possible within the framework in which the high class dominated culture. In this way, giho became closely associated with the self-identification of Joseon Intellectuals, being enjoyed and used in a direction where they were normalized and displayed as symbolic strategies revealing individual dignity and sense of belonging.