A Study on the Social Background and the Historical Meaning of Jikwi Tale. This paper is written to explain the social background and the historical Meaning of Jikwi tale. This paper may be summarized as follows. 1. Jikwi tale was made from the second...
A Study on the Social Background and the Historical Meaning of Jikwi Tale. This paper is written to explain the social background and the historical Meaning of Jikwi tale. This paper may be summarized as follows. 1. Jikwi tale was made from the second year of the King Munmu`s reign to the eighth, especially four times fires in Youngmyo temple was mainly responsible for this tale. 2. Shilla people associated Queen Sundeok with the fires in Youngmyo, which was built according to Queen Sundeok`s order. 3. In Jikwi tale, the characters and the place are very concrete and there is no class and sexual discrimination. 4. Shilla unified three kingdoms, which was due to the national solidarity. Jikwi tale is the good example that represented the national solidarity of Shilla.