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Maecheon Hwanghyeon's Seoul trip and his poetry

Bae Jongsuk 1

1한국국학진흥원

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ABSTRACT

Hwanghyeon liked to visit neighboring villages looking for respectable mentors from his youth. But as he grew up, he was no longer satisfied with the limited experiences in his secluded hometown Gwangyang in Jeonnam province. At last, Hwanghyeon in 20s moved to Seoul and hung around with famous scholars so that he could enlarge his experience. For 10 years in Seoul, Hwanghyeon could satisfied his thirst for knowledge by meeting various intellectuals, traveling Mt.Keumgang and Mt.Cheonma those he would never see in his hometown. There were, however, not only good things in Seoul. Hwanghyeon also watched misrule and corruptions of the Royal Court. Those made him to anger, to condemn and to go back to his home. What is clear is that Seoul trip was a turning point of Hwanghyeon's life. Since Hwanghyeon's learning had not been completed at that time, his life and values got critically affected by the experiences in Seoul This study, focused on Hwanghyeon's experiences in Seoul, has three parts distinguished into theme. First part of this study explains Hwanghyeon's inner idea with his poems written in his Seoul trip. Second part reviews the relationship between Hwanghyeon and intellectuals in Seoul. And homesick poems that he wrote as a stranger in Seoul are reviewed on the third part.

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