『精言妙選』「亨字集」 시의 공간미학

An Examination of the Spatial Character of the poems in 『Hyeongjajib』, 『Jeongeonmyoseon』

The poems contained in ｢Hyeongjajib｣, 『Jeongeonmyoseon』 are a collection of those that sang the feeling of seclusion. So they have a clear and consistent poetic orientation in their themes and various characteristics, which is well represented by the spatial characteristics of the poems. The main background spaces of the poems in ｢Hyeongjajib｣ are a house in the mountain, hide-out, cottage, excursion place in the nature, temple or riverside village, which have a clear and insistent orientation as a remote space in the nature where the pursuit of the joy of seclusion and play is possible. Therefore, the poems in ｢Hyeongjajib｣ form a poetic image as a space free from worries, unlike the collections in ｢Wonjajib｣ or ｢Ijajib｣ where an emotion of anxiety often appears. In addition, as is represented by the phrase of an Arcadia , the main seasonal background is the Spring and gives a bright and warm poetic image. As the space in ｢Hyeongjajib｣ has an Image of 幽 which has a connotation of hide, secluded, quiet, remote, free and leisurely, it can be said to be a space of Yin That is, the core image of the space of ｢Hyeongjajib｣ is A space of Yin that pursues the joy of spring outside the mundane world . Such a poetic space always connotes an image of hiding system and revealing system between those already known and unknown, and is positioned as a space of resuscitation where the movement of reconciliation sprouts behind the vicissitudes of life in the world. The ‘Space of Yin’ that turns on the poetic image with the property of Yin of ‘retreat and rest’ as a reconciliation of life and the inside is the core element in grasping the general poetic image of ｢Hyeongjajib｣, and furthermore, it engages organically in all the poetic characteristics including the materials and the behaviors of the characters with a direct influence on the aesthetics of the poems.