허난설헌 시 자료의 재검토

Abstract

Evaluation on poet Heo Nanseolheon (許蘭雪軒, 1563～1589) has been discussed largely in two ways. One is the compliment to say she was the best poet out of women in Chosun, and the other is the controversy that most of her poems were from plagiarism. The two-way discourses on Heo Nanseolheon, however, are problematic because they are not grounded on the same materials. Heo Nanseolheon’s poems have been transmitted in its entirety in a collection of works, 『Nanseolheon Poems (蘭雪軒詩)』, which was edited and published by her little brother, Heo Gyun (許筠, 1569～1618), and after the death of Heo Gyun, the second edition following the original of the initial edition exactly was issued and widely read. In addition, before issuing the collection of works, Heo Nanseolheon’s poems were contained in the selections of poems or talks on poetry, too, which Heo Gyun either compiled or involved himself in, and several literatures compiled by other literary persons in Chosun than Heo Gyun include many poems of hers as well. Parts of Heo Nanseolheon’s poems have been transmitted in literatures produced not just in Korea but in China, too. Yet, unlike in Korean literatures, either titles or verses are sometimes changed, or in some cases, other literary persons’ poems are included as Heo Nanseolheon’s, which requires some attention. Heo Nanseolheon’s poems positioned in a number of Chinese literatures are still useful to examine interest in and response to a female poet of Chosun; however, the poems themselves reveal ultimate limitations because they are secondary materials that have been recorded and transmitted in another country. Accordingly, this study focuses on the situation that the list of poems to study Heo Nanseolheon’s poems has not been agreed yet and research has been performed targeting different materials and attempts to rearrange and verify the materials of Heo Nanseolheon ‘s poems. First of all, this author has looked into the list and aspects of Heo Nanseolheon’s poems that had been known before publishing the collection of works, arranged her poems written in several literatures even after issuing the collection of works, and investigated the real aspects of her poems. Through analysis on the list and contents of Heo Nanseolheon’s poems dealt with in this study, it will be possible to discuss follow-up research on Heo Nanseolheon more authentically afterwards.