朝鮮時代 《呂洞賓圖》 연구(1)

A Study on The Immortal Lü Tung-pin paintings in the Chosun Dynasty(1)

This paper aims to assess changes in appearance of Lü Tung-pin in the Chosun immortal paintings. I will compare minutely original differences between the sword of Lü Tung-pin(呂洞賓) and zhenwu(眞武). Before everything else, I try to illuminate my initial findings and artistic spirit of 4 painters; A literary painter li In-sang(李麟祥) successfully depicted “the inner spirit and soul of classical scholar” through the Immortal Lü, and gave enough expression to his thought. This is li In-sang at his best. Lü’s deep gaze and a high-spirited man through 〈the Immortal Lü〉, made us absolutely overwhelmed over the century, that is to say, the supreme achievements of li In-sang’s artistic soul. An enduring masterpiece far surpass China and Japan in the immortal paintings. A court painter Kim Hong-do(金弘道) belonging to the middle class was a struggle for the upper classes and a person who compromised with reality. Much to our regret, a great painter Kim Hong-do was a little failure in depicting the immortal Lü Tung-pin, his spirit, the taoist eternal life and the thought of Inner-Alchemy(內丹). A court painter li In-mun(李寅文) was often followed in Chinese style and he didn’t have any individuality. His paintings upheld the Chinese original form in the Chosun Immortal paintings. On the other hand, 〈the Immortal Lü〉 of unknown authorship was first reported and rediscovered the values of the striking expression by my investigation and research. This is a absolutely controversial work which protests the breaking-up and complete destruction on Lü’s typical image. We can say that an anonymous painting of Lü had a rebirth in creativity overmastering China and Japan.