Mansi(輓詩) created by Confucian scholars is composed of the praise of the dead in the first part and lamentation over the dead in the latter part. The praise in Mansi is not cursory one, which is conventional expression and practically the same, bu...
Mansi(輓詩) created by Confucian scholars is composed of the praise of the dead in the first part and lamentation over the dead in the latter part. The praise in Mansi is not cursory one, which is conventional expression and practically the same, but Mabsi features the praise with Chinese characters which express the outstanding deeds of the figure. Mansi in the Koryo Dynasty consists of the mixture of Confucianism- Buddhism-Taoism and its ideological foundations lasted until Seo geojeong in the Early Chosun Dynasty. However, as Neo-Confucianism became ideology, Mansi focused on Confucianism was created in the 16th century and Daeinjak(代人作) was written in the 18th century of late Chosun. Daeinjak did not deviate from Confucian formality or was not embellished by conventional expressions. Mansi was the work for the lamentation ritual of the dead in their last passage with the last painstaking care of the men alive. Thus, sadness was melted in each latter with a True thoughts. Mansi written by women was confined to surrounding people and they did not evade it deliberately in the Koryo and Chosun Dynasty.