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Study on Maesan Hong Jik-pil’s reverence of Confucian beliefs and creation of poetry and prose

Shin,Youngju 1

1성신여자대학교

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ABSTRACT

 I have traced the past and literature of Maesan. He was not a devoted literary writer but left a lot of literary works with strong belief in the social value of literature. In particular, he raised his critical voice on the dire reality of dwindling Confucian ethic and corrupt public morals and sought to address these issues in several directions. First, he placed his priority on learning instead of going after worldly success in confusing world. In addition, he endeavoured to restore public morals by introducing impressive folktales through epitaphs, biographies and life stories, to represent people in agony with poverty and cold weather and to stand against politicians. Maesan’s attempts to change the world through literature can be evaluated an interesting case that reflects a certain aspect of the history of literature in 19th century.

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