Mungok Kim Soo-hang (1629-1689) climbed Mt. Wolchul twice and left 25 pieces of poetry and a piece of documentary literature. This paper is to look over what the image of Mt. Wolchul, reflected in his poems is like. He presented poems to the monks in ...
Mungok Kim Soo-hang (1629-1689) climbed Mt. Wolchul twice and left 25 pieces of poetry and a piece of documentary literature. This paper is to look over what the image of Mt. Wolchul, reflected in his poems is like. He presented poems to the monks in several temples, Mt. Wolchul. He incorporated scenary around mountain temples and impressions of his climbing Mt. Wolchul. His poems, imaging Mt. Wolchul can be studied, being divided into two aspects : one is unworldly and saintly image and the other is solemn and sublime image. The way of expressing image, shown in his poems infers that he had looked on the natural features as transcendent and unworldly beings.