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A Study on Tea Culture Traditions and Development of Contents in Gangjin : With regard to Dasan Jeong Yakyong’s time of exile

  • International Journal of Glocal Language and Literary Studies(약칭: IGLL)
  • Abbr : IGLL
  • 2023, (15), pp.245~272
  • DOI : 10.23073/riks.2023..15.009
  • Publisher : Glocal Institute of Language and Literary Studies(GILLS)
  • Research Area : Humanities > Other Humanities
  • Received : November 25, 2023
  • Accepted : December 20, 2023
  • Published : December 31, 2023

Kim, Sung Chul 1 min-gu kang 1

1세한대학교

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ABSTRACT

Dasan Jeong Yak-Yong(1762~1836) was the Confucian scholar who was selected as the first World Cultural Person in Korea, in 2012. UNESCO cites the “modern and future-oriented practical ideas of Dasan’s desire and practical power to create a pure world, innovation of thethinking system, legal reform, and egalitarianism” in Gangjin exile as reasons for its selection. He was sent back to Seoul in 1802 while in exile in Janggi from a Catholic oppression case, and was investigated for his involvement in the Hwang Sa-young White Paper case, being proved innocent, but Dasan was exiled to Gangjin again. Gangjin had two elements that could help Dasan design the future of the country and live an academic life as a Confucian scholar. One was the tea life based on wild tea trees throughout Gangjin. The other was human resources: devoted disciples within Gangjin-eup, the Buddhist monks who continued their friendship with human faith and consideration, and the family of Haenam-yoon, a maternal relative who was willing to put Dasan Chodang as his place of residence. Tea life in exile was served for Dasan as the foundation for his contemplation and reflection, life of forgiveness and reconciliation, and superhuman writing that devoted himself to the king, thestate, and the people. It also contributed greatly to the revival of tea culture in the late Joseon Dynasty. This paper examines Dasan’s tea life throughout his exile in Gangjin and the tea culture traditions reflected in the tea anthologies he left behind, and explores ways to develop cultural content related to Gangjin tea.

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