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This manuscript paid attention to the obdurability inside Hwang Jeong-uk’s literary works through his thought and intended to analyze the features in scenery of the season, progress of poetic sentiment, favorite poetic words and expressions and so on. As JiCheon’s Chinese poem reveals the methodology of cultivating YuHak (Confucianism) at the face of it, the author of this study examined it closely in relationship with the concept of Ganggun(obdurability) in <<Juyeok>>. The most important directing point in JiCheon’s life was the thought of righteousness and optimism based on Kyeonghak (Chinese classics). For this reason, he could sustain firmly despite of political isolation, political strife between factions and political slanders. The mental intention JiCheon normally pursued was revealed in his Chinese poem as it is in which he often materialized the image of strongness, tenacity, and toughness in the perpetualness of high and magnificent natural features. He used the poetic diction symbolizing perpetualness and magnificentness such as mugung(eternity), mujin(no limit), muae(freedom from all obstacles), gangpung(strong wind), manri(ten thousand), mango(eternity), manoe, cheoncheung and so on and made frequent use of the expressions presenting the spirit and ambition of the vast cheonji (heaven and earth) of palguhyungjung. The obdurability appearing in JiCheon’s poem has a close relation with his spirit and viewpoint looking at the natural features and his inner world. You can feel his attitude of overcoming his needy circumstances and imitating the greatness of the nature while watching the nature’s race and spectacles. The study examined JiCheon’s spirit like this with regard to the behaviors of great character and noble man implied in <<Juyeok>>’s <Gongae> and <Geongae>.

Hwang Jeong-uk(黃廷彧), JiCheon(芝川), Ganggun(剛健, obdurability), Juyeok(周易), Gongae(困卦), Hwanghyeok(黃赫), great character(大人), noble man(君子)