모당일기慕堂日記를 통해 본 모당慕堂 손처눌孫處訥의 한시 짓기와 그 의미

Abstract

This paper considers the contemporary literary noblemen’s writing Chinese poems in their daily lives and its meaning, by examining the Chinese poems contained in Modang Diary written by Modang Son Cheonul(1553~1634), the representative member of Neo-Confucian Literati in Daegu. Modang Diary, the record for 25 years and 7 months from 1600 when he was 48 years old to 1634 when he was 71 years old, including middle omissions, distinctly shows how the act of writing Chinese poems penetrates into Modang’s life, as the scenes in which he writes poems often appear and are vividly described, compared to other diaries. From such scenes, it could be found that Modang cre- ated poems with different motives for commemorating the separation from others; receiving help or rewarding for gifts; mutually exchang- ing presents(贈答) or favorable response(和答); mourning the decedent, in different circumstances in which he intended to express his feelings for the surrounding sceneries of the season for his whole life; he tried to manifest his opinions for certain accidents or after reading certain books; and poetic inspiration(詩興) was invoked during sightseeing or at meeting places. The Modang’s writing Chinese poems express the author’s thoughts or feelings occurring at a certain moment in a certain day, as they are, regardless of his sensitivity or imagination as a writer. The can be therefore regarded as highly vivid records, in that his raw feelings are melted in them, setting aside the aesthetic sense or completion of the works. In addition, they were not Modang’s own creating or writing activities but the communication channels or dialogue tools, through which he might ask for others’ safety, state his thoughts or opinions and sympathize with acquaintances. A variety of scenes of writing poems appearing in Modang Diary suggest that writing Chinese poems was, to Modang, a process of scholarship as a Confucian, a liberal literary activity for recreation and a social activity for enhancing solidarity and cohesion with others.