수신사를 통해 본 개화기 한시의 위상 -제1ㆍ2차 수신사의 창수시를 중심으로-

Abstract

This journal aims to examine the status of Chinese poems in the age of enlightenment through the exchanged poems which were written by the first and second Sushinsa. The first Sushinsa intended to recover the relationship between Chosun and Japan and they also intended to explore the condition of Japan. Compared to the first Sushinsa, the second Sushinsa were more concerned to solve the diplomatic issues between Chosun and Japan. Therefore, Kim Gi-soo and Kim Hong-jip who were the leader of each Sushinsa had different attitudes to the duty of Sushinsa. The Japanese people whom Sushinsa met were different from the past times. The Japanese people whom Sushinsa met were government officials or noblemen who had no more political power or other kinds of common people. Sushinsa exchanged and shared some ideas with Japanese(who were mentioned above) by writing Chinese poems. Compared to Chosen Tongshinsa(朝鮮通信使) of the past, Sushinsa had a different purpose to visit Japan. Also, Sushinsa did not have enough time to exchange Chinese poems because they could take the better transportation than the past. Moreover, Japan did no longer consider that Sushinsa had a role for the cultural exchange like before. The tendency(the purpose of cultural exchange between Chosen and Japan had been shifted to the diplomatic level from the cultural level) were continued after the age of Kim Gi-soo and Kim Hong-jip. These kinds of condition led to descend the status of Chinese poems gradually.