사미헌 장복추의 한시 세계

Abstract

This study set out to review Jang Bok-chu's perception of literary art, his works, and the specific world of his Chinese poems. Jang was a typical scholarly man of letters loyal to the logic of legitimate Confucianism. Fundamentally, he didn't think much of literary writing and invest much of his effort in writing poems. Compared with his other writings, his poems account for mere 2% of the entire collection. Among his poems, eulogies for the deceased account for the biggest part at the number of 74, which were followed by such poems as celebrated the taste of scenery sightseeing at 50 or so and 32 poems of other subjects. Most of his poems were created in the extended line of his academic belief and practice. They were more related with a scholarly life and practicality rather than pursuing artistic features themselves. Considering his academic significance in the Confucian community and the large-sized pupils of his, his Chinese poems seem to have exerted enormous influences on the entire class of Confucian scholars as well as the adjacent countries. And there is a lingering sense of missing regarding if he could have chosen a different life as a leader in the community of intellectuals in Yeongnam during the late Chosun Dynasty, which was a transitional period in history.