癸未使行時의 南玉과 那波師曾

Nam-Ok and Napa-Sajeung at the Envoy Travel Period in the Year of Gyemi

This essay is to review the companionship between Nam-Ok(南玉), a literary man in Chosun Dynasty who was dispatched as 'an envoy to Japan in the year of Gyemi'(癸未) and Napa-Sajeung(那波師曾) who was a literary man in Japan. Their companionship was so close as to arose followers' interest. I think this fact is of great help in investigating how our literary trend was in those days. This essay is mainly to review Nam-Ok's literary world. The study on Nam-Ok had not almost been tried yet though he was a member of governmental servant of composing literary works who was chosen as the best writer in that period. However, his remaining works were 'writings on envoy travels'(使行錄), recordings of 'conversation through writing only'(筆談), so the change of his literary world was difficult to analyze. From this point, I pay attention to his records of 'conversation through writing only' with Japanese writers, by focusing on that this fact may reflect lots of opinions and interests in both countries' literary world and situations. Nam-ok gave a favorable comment on Napa-Sajeung to recognize him as the best writer in Japanese literary world. So this essay tries to clarify the root of their similarity. The main issue of the above is that Nam-Ok held Jungju-Hak(程朱學)-centered view of the world, like Sung-DaeJung(成大中), Won-JungGeo(元重擧), criticizing the literature of Lee-BanRyong(李攀龍), Wang-SaeJung(王世貞) whose literary influence were overwhelming throughout the country. This essay examines the conflict between Korea and Japan, broken out due to Jorae-Hak(徂徠學) that had spoken against Jungju-Hak(程朱學). In those days of the 'envoy travel in the year of Gyemi', Chosun's literary world was mainly at the time of paesa(稗史) and sopum(小品) influenced by 'Gongan party'(公安派) and 'Gyungryung party'(竟陵派). Nevertheless, Nam-Ok and Napa-Sajeung didn't express their interests in them. This fact means Nam-Ok(南玉) devoted himself to Selected Poems of Gumnam(劍南詩抄), thus not paying attention to 'the literature of the end of Ming and the beginning of Ching dynasty'(明末淸初文學) which were overwhelming throughout the country. Napa-Sajeung also did not pay attention to the Japanese intellectual society exclusively occupied by Jorae-Hak. In conclusion, Nam-Ok and Napa-Sajeung stood aside from the mainstream of each country's literary world, so that it seems to be the reason why they were not treated in the study of this field. This essay investigates the before and after situation, by focusing on their 'conversation through writing only and their give-and-take of literary works'.(筆談唱和)