A Study of Sun-Ja’s Bu-Pyeon

sungsu kim

doi:10.18213/jkccl.2014.28.1.011

Bu-Pyeon is the only literary work of Sa-Bu which Sun-Ja left. Even though this literary work had been evaluated as the prototype of Han-Bu, the verification of appropriateness of the evaluation or profound research on Sun-Ja’s literary works hasn’t got much attention until now. Actually Sun-Ja’s talent as a poet seems to be overshadowed by his fame as one of the founders of Confucianism. Thus, researchers haven’t pay much attention to Bu-Pyeon. Actually Bu-Pyeon doesn’t contain profound philosophical thought like his theory that human nature is fundamentally evil, and also his literary talent didn’t draw much attention from others. However, Bu-Pyeon has surprisingly huge significance. This study aims to re-evaluate the value of Bu-Pyeon by verifying the fact that it is a complete masterpiece of Sa-Bu literature. In order to verify the fact, the general stylistic components of Sa-Bu such as literary formation, the use of rhyme, the usage of letters and phrases, rhetorics etc. were thoroughly examined. I try to summarize various opinions about Bu-Pyeon With this and to evaluate the value of the work while examining its significance in the history of literature. Bu-Pyeon’s significance in the history of literature is clearly shown in Gwan-Haeng of Cho-Sa in which some writer including Gul-Won and Song-Ok etc. discussed the origin of Sa-Bu. Thus, this study re-evaluated the influence of Sun-Ja as a Sa-Bu writer.

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