춘정 변계량의 삶의 자세와 학문의 목표 －한시를 통해 본 여말선초 지식인의 학적 지향과 내면 행로－

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to identify the character of Chunjeong, who was a literature bureaucrat who lived in a tremulous time of history during the end of the Goryeon Dynasty and start of the Joseon Dynasty, in a more comprehensive and dimensional manner. There are two main subjects for this. The first is to examine how Chunjeong’s academics and literature were evaluated using the prologues and epilogues attached to the Chungjeongjip(春亭集). The second is on tracking the internal journeys by linking the major incidents of Chunjeong’s life and the works that he wrote during those times. Through this, the biased evaluations on Chunjeong that were reproduced throughout the Joseon Dynasty focusing on his free-flowing essays and pamphlets were reviewed in order to create an opportunity to reorganize his image. In Chapter II, evaluations on Chunjeong were made using the prologue and epilogue of Chunjeongjip and various records. The academic pedigree of Chunjeong is best represented by Jung Mong-joo, Lee Seung-in and Kwon Geun, and they especially emphasized daxue(大學) and zhongyong(中庸). This is related to the academic features of Kwon Geun writing the Iphakdoseol to help beginning scholars study daxue and zhongyong, and therefore, it clearly shows the academic pedigree relations. Chapter III analyzed his inner journeys and values focusing on works that could track the timeline among the Hansi(漢詩) of Chunjeong. During the historical revolution of changing from Goryeo to Joseon, Chunjeong set the Confucian ideals of great cause and sympathy for the common people as the value that would determine his actions, and taught by example as a Confucian scholar. He also expressed his life as a Joseon person and Joseon bureaucrat that began through a Hansi(漢詩), and the conflicts he experienced due to the differences of his inner inclinations and reality became clear. But this was also accepted as his will to achieve his hopes to use fundamental values as the basis for all actions and thoughts, and to awaken the public.