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Sim No-sung Embracing Su Dong Po in His Exile and Ililbaekseongjip(A Collection of Daily One-Hundred Time Self Reflection)

Kim Kwang Jae 1

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ABSTRACT

People, in their despairing situations, embrace historical exemplary figures as models to overcome such difficulties. Sim No-sung, while forced to be exiled due to conflicts between political factions, embraced a model. Sim No-sung, while being exiled as an official of Gyeongsang-do, embraced the exiled life of Su Dong Po of Northern Song of China as his model to gain spiritual power. In his exile, Sim No-sung read Dong Po’s writings carefully in an attempt to appease his retaliatory feelings and to calm down his mind. Particularly, his favorite reading was the letter that Dong Po, in his exile, sent to Zhang Don. Sim No-sung positively embraced Su Dong Po’s so-called ‘Ililbaekseong(一日百省)’, meaning one-hundred-time self-reflection a day to practice self-reflection and discipline. He sincerely practiced the said motto. He thus named his diary as such 『Ililbaekseongjip (一日百省集)』 meaning a Collection of One-Hundred-Time Self Reflection A Day. He was thus be able to practice self reflection and discipline even by not citing his brother, his old mother, and his daughter in Paju. Sim No-sung, in his exile, imitated and internalized the attitude and spirit of Dong Po who practiced discipline and self reflection. To Sim No-sung, Dong Po was his model in his exile and further in his life.

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