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The aim of this paper is to examine the lifestyle and it's meaning of the <Song of Man(男子歌)>. The <Song of Man> was written by Middle Class in the late Chosŏn dynasty(19C). It contains the lifestyle which wishes and popular desire of the middle Class. The remarkable point in this work is it's form and substance. In this work, the brilliant career of man (birth → infancy → going into government service → quick promotion → retirement → blissful old age) is described in consecutive order. Like this form is appeared in the <Lifelong picture(平生圖)> and <Enjoy the intention(樂志篇)>. The former is picture and the latter is poetry(歌辭) Because we can recognize that like this form is very conventional in varies genre. Especially the <Song of Man> and <Lifelong picture> are almost same in form and substance. Like this lifestyle is too described in <Song of the capital(漢陽歌)> and <Persuade immoral man(게우사)>. And the common feature of those works are to contain the actual viewpoint and amusement culture of Middle Class in the capital of Chosŏn dynasty(Han-yang). It means that like this lifestyle in this work is a type which was the life of males popular desire in the 19C. But <Enjoy the intention> is different from the <Song of Man> in respect of the lifestyle and actual viewpoint. It was written by the country ruling class in 19C and intend to simple life in the country. Because by compare two works, we can ascertain the different intention and actual viewpoint between the ruling and middle class in 19C.

<Song of Man(男子歌)>, <Lifelong picture(平生圖)>, <Song of the capital(漢陽歌)>, <Persuade immoral man(게우사)>, middle class(中間階層)