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A study on the Companionship Among Jip-hyun-jeon[集賢殿] Scholars During the Sejong[世宗] Era
Journal of Korean Classical Chinese Literature
Abbr :
한문고전연구
2018, 37(1), pp.103-142
DOI :10.18213/jkccl.2018.37.1.004
Publisher : The Classical Chinese Literature Association of Korea
Research Area : Korean Language and Literature
2018, 37(1), pp.103-142
DOI :10.18213/jkccl.2018.37.1.004
Publisher : The Classical Chinese Literature Association of Korea
Research Area : Korean Language and Literature
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The 15th century was the era during which the Chosen[朝鮮] dynasty developed its cultural capacity through creating Hangul, compiling various books and organizing court music. At the center of these diverse achievements lied King Sejong[世宗] (1397-1450) and Jip-hyun-jeon[集賢殿], the royal academic institute, by whom the super structure of early Chosen such as politics, systems and culture were framed. As Munjong[文宗], the successor of Sejong, died from illness in the 2nd year of reign with young crown prince Danjong[端宗] enthroned, however, Jip-hyun-jeon became the center place of power struggle. This made the precedent studies only highlight the division and differences among Jip-hyun-jeon scholars based on their relationship with Sejo[世祖] reign, resulting in the lack of attention to the early form of exchanges among them. The purpose of this study is to look at the companionship of the following 6 Jip-hyun-jeon scholars, all of who participated in Saga-dok-seo[賜暇讀書] (a leave program allowed to young scholars to foster talents and encourage academic study) which took place at Samgak[三角] mountain’s Jinkwan[津寬] temple upon the order of King Sejong in 1942; Park Paeng-nyun(朴彭年; 1417~1456), Lee Gae(李塏; 1417~1456), Sung Sam-moon(成三問; 1418~1456), Ha Weeji(河緯地; 1412~1456), Shin Sook-joo (申叔舟; 1417~1475), Lee Suk-hyung(李石亨; 1415~1477). For an in-depth analysis, the era and figures were limited to the elite group of early Chosen, through whom the political philosophy and ideology of Sejong can be revealed best. From the poems the scholars read to each other staying at Jinkwan and Jangeui(藏義)temples, we can detect their urgency for not being able to take a chance to participate in the real politics while they expressed their gratitude to the King’s grace for the leave. However, as opposed to their worry, after finishing Saga-dok-seo, they ended up monopolizing various national book compilation projects with their outstanding talents, and continued the companionship among them. Considering that, the existing four Yeon-gu(聯句) poems (Yeon-gu poem: a type of poem a number of writers compose together by dividing the stanzas) are noteworthy in that they intensively show the aspiration and writer consciousness of these young 6 scholars as bureaucrat writers. It is not an easy task to discuss their fellowship exchange based on scarce material. Nevertheless, considering that the interaction circumstance of these 6 scholars were relatively clear despite the limited data, we found it necessary to organize it. However, due to the limited space and capability, we couldn’t discuss their public exchanges in depth such as the poet reading with the Chinese envoys and couldn’t describe the poem meetings with the prince Anpyung-daegoon(安平大君) or their relationship with Monk Ilam. We believe the companionship aspect of these 6 scholars will come into view with more dimensions if a further study on these takes place.
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