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Suanggangqianbiao[瀧岡阡表] of Ou Yangxiu[歐陽修] and epitaphs in the latter Joseon period
Journal of Korean Classical Chinese Literature
Abbr :
한문고전연구
2009, 19(1), pp.113-132
DOI : 10.18213/jkccl.2009.19.1.005
Publisher : The Classical Chinese Literature Association of Korea
Research Area : Korean Language and Literature
2009, 19(1), pp.113-132
DOI : 10.18213/jkccl.2009.19.1.005
Publisher : The Classical Chinese Literature Association of Korea
Research Area : Korean Language and Literature
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The purpose of this study is to consider the special feature of the epitahps in the latter Joseon period under the influence of Ou Yangxiu’s epitaphs. Ou Yangxiu’s epitaphs were esteemed in the latter Joseon period, especially by Kim Changhyup[金昌協]. Epitaphs for women in the latter Joseon period had two trends: The one is that it embodied the traditional feature of women resting on the basis of traditional Confucian morals. The other is that it described daily experiences emotionally. The general trend of epitaphs for women in the latter Joseon period followed the former. I studied how Ou Yangxiu’s Suanggangqianbiao[瀧岡阡表] did influence to the epitaphs for women in the latter Joseon period. Suanggangqianbiao[瀧岡阡表] is the epitaph written after 60 years since Ou Yangxiu’s father had passed away and based on Ou Yangxiu’s mother’s message. This writing influenced on the epitaphs and especially on the epitaphs for women in the latter Joseon period as following: A. This writing was renowned to the illustrious official women and they asked their sons to write an epitaph like this writing for them. So we can notice that the writing epitaphs for women was a more general current situation in the latter Joseon period than the former period. B. The literary men set forth this writing as a precedent when they wrote epitaphs for their parents. C. The description technique of Ou Yangxiu’s Suanggangqianbiao[瀧岡阡表] was regarded as a good exemplary by the literary men in the latter Joseon period when they wrote epitaphs for women or parents. Ou Yangxiu’s Suanggangqianbiao is the epitaph that praised the virtue of his parents. Though Suanggangqianbiao represented the traditional Confucial moral, Ou Yangxiu described his parent’s virtue in detail and emotionally. And Ou Yangxiu let his mother be highlighted as a active speaker in his epitaph. So we can recognize that Suanggangqianbiao enlightened on the general epitaphs or the epitaphs for women in the latter Joseon period.
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