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Historical Research of Author of Un'yeong-jeon

  • Journal of Korean Literature
  • 2020, (42), pp.5-69
  • DOI : 10.52723/JKL.42.005
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Literature
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature
  • Received : September 30, 2020
  • Accepted : November 10, 2020
  • Published : November 30, 2020

Park, Hee-byoung 1

1서울대학교

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ABSTRACT

Although Un'yeong-jeon is a highly important work in the history of Korean classic novels, its author remains unknown to date. Through in-depth historical research this paper reveals Un'yeong-jeon was written by Seong Ro(成輅, 1550-1615). Another work of Seong Ro is Seokjeonyugo, which is analyzed in this paper together with Un'yeong-jeon and the documents left by other writers of the time. This analysis has reached the conclusion that Un'yeong-jeon was written by Seong Ro. He is a descendant of Seong Sam-mun, one of the “six martyred ministers.” Identifying Seong Ro as the author of Un'yeong-jeon finally explains why Seong Sam-mun appears in the work, as well as the reason why Grand Prince Anpyeong is depicted so positively.

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