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A Literary Study on Kim Jong-jik's IICHUNROK(彛尊錄)

  • Journal of Korean Literature
  • 2017, (35), pp.183-232
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Literature
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature
  • Published : May 31, 2017

Koo, Seul-Ah 1

1서울대학교

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ABSTRACT

This paper offers a literary analysis of Kim Jong-jik’s IICHUNROK(彛尊錄). IICHUNROK is a literary records of the life of his father Kim Suk-ja(金叔滋). It’s divided into five categories: Genealogy, annual report, the list of colleagues, speech and actions, and the way of religious ceremony. Kim Suk-ja has been a decisive influence on Kim Jong-jik's position as a teacher who emphasizes the practice and learning of SOHAK(小學). It can be confirmed through the structure and subject matter of this book. Although IICHUNROK has been regarded as a rationale for the author's biographical facts, but it contains Kim Jong-jik's literary intentions. Therefore, it is necessary to consider and analyze as a literary works with a single literary theme. A review of the background and composition of this book, Kim Jong-jik was trying to recover his father’s honor by organizing his father's academic, ethical and political achievements. In addition, he stated that he tried to secure the educational effect on readers by using the writing attitude and composition method of the book SOHAK. Subsequently, the subject matters of this work was classified according to the main subject of the book SOHAK- general introduction(總論), education(立敎), ethics(明倫) and deportment(敬身). In accordance with this grand scheme, the contents were classified and the important episodes were precisely interpreted. As a result of this analysis, it can be inferred that Kim Jong-jik presented IICHUNROK intention to make a new kind of SOHAK the addition of Chosun’s practice. In general introduction, Kim Jong-jik defines his father's life as a normative character that protects ethics and practicing the moral principle of filial piety and fraternity(孝弟). This is not limited to Kim Sook-ja's life, but also to Kim Jong-jik's lifelong claim that readers should practice moral principles and self-disciplines. In educational section, Kim Jong-jik introduced the method and training sequence of the neo-Confucianism suggested by his father. It also emphasizes the aspect of educators who have focused on cultivating local talents. The ethical section presents episodes related to rituals and marriages. Kim Sook-ja emphasized that the household of the gentry should practice the teachings of SOHAK and GARYE(家禮). Lastly, in deportment sections, Kim Jong-jik presented his father’s position as a true gentleman who keep his principles. IICHUNROK reflects various ways of Kim Jong-jik's literary patterning. Through this work, Kim Jong-jik organized his father's life and he was able to bring educational effect to readers. These methods of writing were handed down by later writers in various ways such as household history, family standard and lecture books. This is an example that reveals the practical and record characteristics of literature in early Chosun.

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