16세기 전반 노장(老莊) 사유의 문학적 수용과 그 의미 = The Literary Acceptance of Taoism(老莊) in the Early 16th Century and Its Meaning

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This thesis examines the way in which Taoism was accepted on each level of literature in the early 16th century and its meaning.
Despite the criticism of 'heresy(異端)', Taoist books have been widely read and used by many literary people since the early Joseon Dynasty. This tendency was still continued in the early 16th century, when the neo-Confucianism movement was spread in various fields. In the public part, subjects related to Taoism were frequently presented in the national examinations such as wolgwa(月課), jesul(製述), hyangsi(鄕試). Also, in the private part, pursuit towards seclusion and self-sufficiency of Taoism provided a literary inspiration to literary people who wanted to live a leisurely life and the motif of 'dream' in Chuang-tzu(莊子) and Lie-zi(列子) influenced the dream record(記夢) and its narrative expansion.
Thus, in the early 16th century, while the Confucian edification campaign were actively conducted by the Confucian scholars, Taoism also existed in its own way. In other words, Taoism was accepted and utilized in each level of literary creation, and it maintained a relationship of antagonism and coexistence with the neo-Confucianism in this period. This fact makes it possible to understand the existence aspect of Taoism in the view of continuity which has been considered to rise especially in the mid Joseon Dynasty.