등암(藤庵) 배상룡(裵尙龍)의 생삼사일(生三事一)의 삶

Abstract

Deungam(藤庵), Bae Sangyong(裵尙龍, 1574~1655) was a scholar living at Hupo-ri, Seongju-gun of Gyeongpook province in the middle Chosun dynasty. He was a typical scholar without government office but lived a self-sacrificing life for his king, teacher and father. The aim of this article is to look deep into his practice unknown in the academic world. Facing the four national calamities such as Imjinwaeran and Jungyujaeran(Japanese invasion), Jungmyohoran and Byeongjahoran (Manchu invasion), he performed his duty as the people by raising an army and fighting against the enemy. As the pupil of Jung Gu and Jang Hyungwang, he fulfilled his duty as a student to his teachers during their lifetime and after death. He served his father Bae Sul with devotion, who died under a false accusation. His father Bae Sul devoted his duty as the commander of naval forces during Imjinwaeran and Jungyujaeran but lost at the Chilchunlyang sea battle. Misfortunately, he had his head cut off. Bae Sangyong helped his father at father’s military tent and complained of an injustice and made a recovery of his father’s honor after death This article makes an effort to reveal the injustice of his death considering the different public discussion about the decapitation of Bae Sul. In particular, Bae Sul was an acknowledged commander but he may have been sacrificed by the political strife between Namin and Pookin. The intensively critical description about Bae Sul in Nanjungilgi(a war diary) written by Yi Sunshin was based on the supposition not fact. Bae Sangyong accomplished poetry, writing and academic study to some degree. As he didn’t leave many works, it’s difficult to analyze them. This article presents some evidences discovered in this field and invokes a follow-up study.