<오대검협전(五臺劍俠傳)>에 나타난 김조순(金祖淳)의 문제의식 고찰

Abstract

Considering <Odae Swordsman Jeon> by Kim Jo-Soon with the trace of the past of Odae swordsman and the remark about him, I studied the critical mind of Kim Jo-Soon in terms of murder cases of the day. Seosaeng climbed up Odaesan and accidentally met a young man, who was a swordsman that revenged his friend on someone killed his friend after a 10-year hiatus. It was not a outstanding swordcraft of the swordsman but a conviction of the swordsman who submitted to heaven’s will and executed murder, which Kim Jo-Soon paid attention to. Kim Jo-Soon enjoyed a narrative history sopumche and created <Odae Swordsman Jeon> from in the late 1780s to in 1792, the times were out of joint because Joseon society was rapidly changing, so conflicts between personal, deviations and indiscreet murders increased. The murder case that should be a critical issue was not treated cautiously and justly, and besides the facts about the murder cases also distorted and administrations of murder were not handled properly, so these brought out serious social problems. Jeongjo judged directly the murder cases in his reign to correct harmful effect of them, but it was difficult to achieve the goal because the persons in charge the murder cases did not accommodate with demand of Jeongjo. Kim Jo-Soon wished the murder crime would not happen, and the murder cases would be treated cautiously and justly, so he emphasized heaven of human life and requested fair administration of murder through the unusual trace of the past and the belief of the swordsman. The critical mind of Kim Jo-Soon included desires of the lower writers and people who pursued new relationship and the public order and supported a chivalrous person to live like a human being, and wishes of the ruling class who wanted to stabilize the social order and system in a state of confusion on the basis of Confucian values. Utilizing a biography of the chivalrous person reflected the desires of the lower writers and people, Kim Jo-Soon brought out the question which all social strata could sympathize with and suggested the method to solve the question. Kim Jo-Soon contributed to an external extension of the chivalrous person in late Joseon dynasty creating <Odae Swordsman Jeon>.