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A Study of Seokbuk Sin Gwang-su’s Parting Record Hakgajeungbobjeongdongui

Kang, Soon-Ae 1

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This paper studies Hakgajeungbobjeongdongui, the newly discovered parting record by Seokbuk Sin Gwang-su, by examining Sin Gwang-su’s life and poetry as well as Hakgajeungbobjeongdongui’s bibliography and content. Sin Gwang-su (1712-1775)’s family clan was Goryeong, his courtesy name Seongyeon, and his pen name Seokbuk or O-ahksanin. He passed the jinsa in the 26th year of King Yeongjo’s reign (1750). In the 48th year of King Yeongjo’s reign (1772) he received the highest score in the girojeongsi and subsequently became donnyeongbudojeong and Yeongwol busa. In the 51st year of King Yeongjo’s reign (1775), he was given the responsibility of ubuseungji. He died the same year at the age of 64. Sin Gwang-su was a representative poet of the Southern faction in late Joseon, with Yi Heon-gyeong naming him “Siho.” He was especially skilled at gwasi and akbu, writing Gwansanyungma and Gwanseoakbu, with 16 volumes and 8 books of Seokbukjib and 1 book of Seokbukgwasijib remaining. Sin Gwang-su wrote the parting record Hakgajeungbobjeongdongui in the 40th year of King Yeongjo’s reign (1764) to express the sadness of parting when Beobjeong Jeong Beom-jo returned east. The handwritten version is neatly written., and the writing in Book 8 of Seokbukjib is thought to have been partly revised at the time the anthology was made. The specimens of handwriting measure 26 cm vertically and 37.5 cm horizontally. The handwritten version has 14 lines, with 2 lines for the subtitle, 11 lines for the body, and the word “Seokbuksaeng” at the end which show that Sin Gwang-su is the author and the penman. Seokbuk adeptly wrote the small script semi-cursive style and the cursive style, both of which are characteristics of “sohaengbancho.” His semi-cursive and cursive style closely resembles that of Wang Xizhi among the chunhuagetie method, yet retains Seokbuk’s own individuality. A comparison of Seokbuk’s handwritten original record and his work in the anthology reveal firstly, that the original record has no title while the latter was given the title of “Hakgajeungbobjeongdongui.” Second, there are revisions to the subtitle and the content. Third, the poem is a 12-stanza 23-line heptasyllabic poem but Line 17 has six syllables. Line 1 to Line 6 has the character “yak” as the rhyming character in the entering tone, while Line 7 to Line 23 has the character “ji” as the rhyming character in the neutral tone. The heptasyllabic poem is divided into three paragraphs content-wise. This study will be used hereafter in the most basic studies of private records as well as in those of bibliography, record management, history and Korean language.

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