This dissertation is written to certify that MaeSan Lee, Ha-Jin gave any influence to his descendant especially to SeongHo Lee, Ik after considerate his poetry literature. Until now there are a lot of mention that influence of cruel treatment gave any...
This dissertation is written to certify that MaeSan Lee, Ha-Jin gave any influence to his descendant especially to SeongHo Lee, Ik after considerate his poetry literature. Until now there are a lot of mention that influence of cruel treatment gave any affection in the literature world of SeongHo Lee, Ik. But there was no answer for the detail question what is the affection in the literature world of SeongHo Lee, Ik by the family study. This phenomenon is closely related with political situation in his family started to be ruined after dead of his father MaeSan Lee, Ha-Jin.
SeongHo's family was highly prospered by taking care of SeonHo Lee's great-grand father SoReungGong Lee, Sang-Eui before InJoBanJeong was happened. But this prosperity was not continued soon, and SeongHo's family was in the trouble after dethronement of KwangHaeGun by InJoBanJeong. In this time SeongHo's family was maintained by his fater MaeSan. MaeSan sustained his family by working in the one of leading figure of NamIn in the rapid change of politics situation. MaeSan rehabilitated his family when NamIn took political power and political palmy days after the second YeiSongRonJaeng but he died in the place of exile after removing a government of official office and relegated by KyengSinDaeChulCheok. By the death of MaeSan, his family could not be sustained and became to be ruined in politics.
This collapse in politics gave strong anger and frustration for the realities of life to MaeSan's descendant otherwise this situation was one of the main reason that this family could make new tradition and became a reputable family in the late period of Chosun. The person who made the start of this turning point was MaeSan's last son SeongHo Lee, Ik. SeongHo made his new literature world by taking literature of TwiKyei and YulGog but the basic of his literature was family study handed down from his father MaeSan to his two brothers.
The study of SeongHo has the value in the study of confucian classics, economy and society philosophy, but the value of his study in literature side can not be said small. The view point of SeongHo's literature was established by himself like his other studies. But in the base of his study, there was family study handed down from his predecessor. The literature study of SeongHo was considered that it was started from SeomKyei just like that the study of SeongHo was started from his second elder brother SeomKyei, and SeomKyei's tendency of literature coincides with his father MaeSan's. After all, it can be mentioned that the root of literature world of SeoungHo came from MeaSan. The reasons that MeaSan's literature has special meaning are the accomplishing of MeaSan's the literature world itself and making the base of new tendency of literature in the late period of Chosun by handed down to SeongHo.
Until now poetries are taking the most of part of MaeSan's literature in history. Even MeaSan didn't say he likes poetry, the most of his work was poetry and he had famous by poetry so it can be said that poetry is merit in his literature world. MaeSan never mentioned what is his view point in his literature world. But we can see that MaeSan denied any esthetic or aesthetic literature mainly having ostentatious expression, and focused on the truth of feeling in poetry through the short allusion or anecdote in history. This MaeSan's mind of literature seeking truth is showing the similarity with SeongHo's view point of literature.
The world of MaeSan's poetry can be divided into the period of a government office and the period of a explusion.
During the period of a government office MaeSan's poetry world was made by his self-consciousness trained by himself. This is the main reason why he put a high value on the truth of feeling. MaeSan was proud that he was born as confucian. This pride was affirming the existing of human being and endowing the value of the feeling of human being. This mind of MaeSan expressed his feeling in poetry without any hiding or exaggerating. And the pride of himself and affirmation for human being gave affirmation for his life itself and affection for everything in his nearby. So the poetry for ego and the scenery of the season was prior to any other in MaeSan's poetry during the period of a government office.
The death of people who MaeSan knew or parting gave a big shock to MaeSan who tried to express the truth of feeling in poetry based on the pride of himself and love of human being. This shock made to remedy MaeSan's compressed feeling in his mind through poetry so the second characteristic that can be seen in MaeSan's poetry in the period of a government office is found in the condolent poetry and a farewell poetry.
The experience that gave the biggest influence to MaeSan was Kumkangsan touring and an envoy of China. Kumkangsan touring being a part of MaeSan's studying was not a part of searching truth as before but a opportunity of expanding knowledge and giving off his taste. So MaeSan expressed his interest by using all the things what he saw during his tour. This kind of MaeSan's attitude was found in an envoy of China. MaeSan wrote all his schedule in poetry and he expressed excitement, expectation and yearning what he felt during the term of an envoy of China in poetry. Also MaeSan expressed other country's scenary by realistic description in his poetry.
After he was relegated in 6th year of SukJong, MaeSan was afflicted by the barrier of realistic. The situation that the ideal of MaeSan could not become true any more made him to think about the meaning of life. The government service was necessary to MaeSan because it is not a choice but the tool to do his responsibility. The conflict what MaeSan felt between ideal and realistic after relegation internalized his mind and made him gloomy. This gloominess was expanded to frustration and agony as much as the realistic of MaeSan getting bad. So the first thing what MaeSan's poetry showed in the period of a explusion is gloominess and internal conflict.
But the possibility for human being and the positive attitude for realistic did not leave MaeSan alone from the conflict what he had in realistic and gloominess what he felt. MaeSan's self-consciousness made him to see what was his life and gave a new value also made him to prepare the future by training in realistic. By this mind, the second thing what MaeSan's poetry showed is self-satisfaction and intention of satisfaction
The world of MaeSan's poetry was continued to SeongHo through SeomKyei and OkDong. As SeongHo's literature world based on family work handed down from SeomKyei and OkDong was accomplished by TwiKyei and YulGog·my uncle of Bankyei, SeongHo made his own world of literature based on MaeSan's literature handed down from SeomKyei and OkDong.
MaeSan's descendant felt resentment by the political situation at that time and difficulty in realistic but studied in various field of literature. By this reason, descendant of MaeSan had high reputation from literature to many other fields such as ideology and economy. This change was leaded by SeongHo, the last son of MaeSan.
The literature of SeongHo became prosperity by students and sons in his family. SeongHo's science and writing gave any influence to a people in many field, and the family of SeongHo gave a big contribution in public thought in this country. This literature created new trend of literature in latter term of Chosun and lead practical science. But the history of family study handed down from MaeSan to SeongHo was maintained in the attitude of literature valuing in training and pratice of living or the emphasized expression of truth feeling in the conscious of literature.