The study is about Song-gang's literature which is on the basis of Song-gang's family line and his life. And after taking a look at his relationship between his friends and dividing the Chinese poetry into the poem of intense patriotism and the poem o...
The study is about Song-gang's literature which is on the basis of Song-gang's family line and his life. And after taking a look at his relationship between his friends and dividing the Chinese poetry into the poem of intense patriotism and the poem of the intimacy with nature, which were treated carelessly until now, I came up with the following conclusions from examining the results.
During his childhood Song-gang experienced a change of life that was very tough and hard. Being born as the youngest of four brothers and three sisters, he once used to play with the princes in the royal palace. But during Eul-sa-sa-hwa his family became extremely misfortuned and while following his father, because of being banished from the capital, moving from town to town he faced all sorts of troubles and loneliness. Thus, because Song-gang experienced the sweet and bitterness of life he became very considerate and thoughtful. And inside his life and literature there were endless affections, love, and unsatisfied desires which were shown as the concerns for the country and the admiration of the king.
Song-gang's teachers were Ha-seo, Go -bong, Suk-chun, Song-chun, and Sa-chon. His friends were Yul-gok and U-gae, Gu-bong and Joong-bong, Seo-hwa-dang and Go-jook, Ok-bong, Baek-ho, Jae-bong, Sa-am and etc. All of them were not only the people of those days but they were also excellent scholars who were respected throughout the later times. He was also full of filial piety and he served the king with loyalty. And he was a government official with a consistent mind of love for the people. He was a lyricist full of passion.
He wrote many poems about longing for the king. Song-gang and Sun-jo had special emotions beyond the formal relationship between king and subject. As Sun-jo acceded to the throne, Song-gang was able to politically rehabilitate. But, as the relationship with Sun-jo becoming rapidly alienated, he became ruined because he had to rusticate four times and was banished from the capital. Most of the poems that were about longing for the king were the works that were written after his fifties. While he was in the royal court, he served the king with loyalty. Even after he was banished he still thought of the king and wrote poems looking at the sceneries of nature. The reason why he wrote about nature is because he was politically obscure. When he returned to nature, he wrote and enjoyed the nature even though he couldn't completely erase his yearning of the court. He washed away his hurt and damaged feelings in the streams and while conveying his feelings in the silent surroundings of the bamboo grove, he naturally made poems about nature.