급암(及菴) 민사평(閔思平) 한시에 나타난 사대부(士大夫) 의식과 표현기법

Abstract

Min Sapyung was one of the representative writers of the first half of the 14th century. He is a representative figure of Yeoheung-min’s family, a prestigious family in the late Goryeo Dynasty. He was a very outstanding writer in poetry literature. In addition, his various works influenced contemporary and later writers. He was a disciple of Lee Jin, a famous Confucian scholar of the time, and went to work at the government office to develop his studies by interacting with scholars representing the time, including Ikjae Lee Je-hyun, Zolong Choi Hae, Gajeong Igok, Damam Baekmunbo, Je Dalchung, Choeun Lee In-bok, and Mokgeun Lee Saek. The reason why the poem written by Min Sapyung reveals his aspect as a nobleman is because of this wide human relationship. Min Sapyung’s works can be classified into three main categories. First, there are poems that pursued natural beauty based on daily experiences, second, poems that deal with reflection on life, and third, poems that witnessed and wrote the political and social realities of the time. In poems pursuing natural beauty, you can get a glimpse of the sense of return of the noblemen in the late Goryeo Dynasty. In poems that sing about reflection on life, you can see the emptiness you feel in old age. Most of them are poems exchanged with colleagues. The poems written after witnessing the reality of politics and society were written based on the perception of reality as a nobleman, and the bureaucratic. In particular, the noblemen of the late Goryeo Dynasty actively interacted with monks despite their academic background of Neo-Confucianism. Likewise, Min Sapyung interacted with various monks, but in terms of ideology, he criticized Buddhism’s denial of reality or passive attitude toward reality based on Confucian-centered values. This point illustrates the Confucian aspect and ideological characteristics of Min Sapyung. In addition, interestingly, his poems reveal a variety of postures to have when participating in political reality as a scholar and bureaucrat, and attitudes toward the people. Therefore, in this paper, it is intended to be used as a starting point to examine the ideas and orientation of the intellectuals of the time by reviewing the consciousness of the noblemen in his poems.