애도 주제의 활용 양상과 그 변천 소고 - 北宋 哀悼詩를 중심으로

Abstract

This paper aims to investigate the utilization of mourning themes in Northern Song Dynasty’s mourning poems and their changes. The results caused by analyzing the characteristics of the Northern Song Dynasty’s mourning poems are summarized as follows. The first phase is a moderation results in passive emotional responses. In accordance with the implicit demands of the society, discouraging excessive emotional expression, the titles, words, and sentence structures of the poem works appear having more limited styles than previous periods. The second phase is that the poems have been used as a creative work to sustain friendship and solidarity. Rather than expressing private intimacy, it looks like a sort of co-work created by like-minded group. These facts show the situation that the emphasis of writing was focused on the creative act itself rather than the content itself. The third phase is that exemplary figures have been used as the main objects of mourning. Specifically recalling the deceased’s past actions led to the direction that the writers(文人) should follow. In conclusion, the Northern Song Dynasty’s mourning poems demonstrate the aspects of diversity and variety in utilizing mourning themes. This is an important case that shows a drastic change in mourning poems, and also re-affirms the need for follow-up research.