小癡 許鍊의 교유를 통해 본 호남의 茶脈 연구

A Study of the Honam Tea Vein through SoChi Heo, Ryun's Social Intercourse

The tea culture which had been barely succeeded by some monks and writers since the middle of the Joseon Dynasty was prevalent again in the 19th century and the tea in the latter of the Joseon Dynasty flourished with Honam as the center. This study focused on the transmission of the tea culture in Honam and the tea culture spirit connecting the man and space-time through the central figures and how the Honam region developed the restoration of the tea culture from the middle of the Joseon Dynasty amid a society growing chaotic to the modern times. I chose Heo, Ryun as a central figure because I think he is not only the one who bridged the latter of the Joseon Dynasty and the modern times but also he is a focal figure of the paintings and writings in the 19th century. Also Heo, Ryun was loved by a king, Heonjong, and he made name for himself as the most recognized painter under the Kim, Jeong hee who was dubbed“a master of the artists”. Heo, Ryun had a wide social intercourse with celebrities such as Heungseon Daewongun, Lee Ha-eung, Kwon Don-in, Shin Gwan-ho, Jeong Hak-yeon, Jeong Hak-yu, Min young-ik and the artists under the Kim Jeong-hee. Moreover it was unusual for other painters to leave enormous records showing the situations from miscellaneous affairs in the country to the upper classes in Seoul. Studying Sochi Heo, Ryun as a figure who revived the tea culture in Honam with this social intercourse is shedding light on the tea culture and it will be a very meaningful work to see the tea culture in Honam as the staging ground of Sochi Heo, Ryun through the paintings and the tea culture in the latter of the Joseon Dynasty. I have worked that the tea played a leading part to connect the art and the culture through the social intercourse among literary men in Honam. Honam was the art and culture stage with the tea and the painting and Daedunsa, Dasanchodang, Nokudang with Hanam as a center had the tea and the lettes, and the poem and the writings. Sochi is the central figure in Honam painting circles and he also forms the tea vein leading to Uijae Heo, Back-ryun.