후배 문인이 그려낸 漁村 沈彦光의 형상 − 崔演의 「판서 심언광에 대한 만시(8수)」를 중심으로 −

Abstract

This paper focuses on the mansi of Choi Yeon to examine how Choi Yeon, as a scholar-official who had direct interactions with his contemporary Shim Eon-gwang, evaluated him, in contrast to later literati. The aim is to gain a more multidimensional understanding of Shim Eon-gwang through this analysis. Shim Eon-gwang and Choi Yeon, both hailing from Gangneung, distinguished themselves through their literary talents and held significant literary and administrative positions in the court. They shared many similarities, including being selected as diplomats due to their exceptional literary abilities and having experience in receiving envoys from the Ming Dynasty. In addition, the political event that involved drawing Kim An-ro into the political arena led to predominantly negative evaluations of Shim Eon-gwang at the time. Despite this, Choi Yeon composed mansi for Shim Eon-gwang, and these eight pieces of mansi are currently the only known literary works dedicated to him. Although the number of mansi is limited, their value is significant as they provide a rare insight into how Choi Yeon, a contemporary literary figure rather than a later one, viewed Shim Eon-gwang. In particular, while there are differences in the emotions expressed in each of the eight pieces of mansi, Choi Yeon focuses on describing Shim Eon-gwang's literary competence as the central theme. Through historical anecdotes, Choi Yeon evaluates Shim Eon-gwang's talent as comparable to that of famous literary figures in Chinese history. Moreover, in three of the eight mansi, Choi Yeon directly praises Shim Eon-gwang's abilities using terms such as ‘Kweixing(奎星)’ or ‘Wenxing(文星)’, expressions that are not found in the evaluations of later literati.