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A Comparative Study on Historical Figures in Korean and Chinese Works - Focused on Tian Heng(田橫)

Bae Jongsuk 1

1중국해양대학교 한국어학과

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ABSTRACT

 Tian Heng appeared in Records of the Grand Historian[史記] by Sima Qian. Tian Heng and the 500 guests committed suicide for righteousness, which has shocked and moved the Korean and Chinese literati a long time ago. Therefore many literati have been concerned about Tian Heng and there were also lots of essays as well as poems about him. With this in mind, this paper intends to analyze how the Korean literati and the Chinese literati took a very different view of Tian Heng. The Chinese literati seemed to make more various comments on Tian Heng, as for poems, the Chinese poets also portrayed him in more extensive ways. There are two reasons for the difference in the Korean works and the Chinese works about Tian Heng. First, the Chinese literati could visit the sites about Tian Heng in person while the Korean literati could only learn about Tian Heng through historical records. Second, the Chinese literati could have more free concepts since the change of dynasty, on the contray, the Korean literati have embraced Neo-Confucianism only.

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