• (The)Study of the Eastern Classic
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• no.50
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• pp.179-209
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• 2013

This study takes as its text "Yangarok", the record written by Mukjae Lee Mun Geon (1494-1567) about his grandson rearing and examines the conflicts between the grandfather and the grandson. The reason it is focused on the conflicts between the grandfather and the grandson particularly among many aspects of Yangarok is that the paper notices the dual feelings of love and hatred lying in the mind of Mukjae, the subject of the narrative. Because the record of grandson rearing plainly reflects the dual elements of the grandfather, love and hatred, expectation and disappointment, and hope and resignation, it shows the acute conflicts between the two persons well. At the time of the grandson's birth, Mukjae went through a gloomy period both in family and socially. He had to taste tremendous frustration in the status as an exile pushed back from the center of the political world, and his only son was handicapped, so he could not expect his caring after that. Spending each day in such frustration, he faced the birth of his grandson just like a miracle. However, the excitedness and expectation he had in the beginning of the child raising were turned into disappointment and complaining as time went by. His change lets us think about the distance between love and hatred existing in human relations. This study analyzes Yangarok but is focused on the conflicts between the grandfather and the grandson for further discussion, so it attempts to understand Yangarok from a different perspective. First of all, Chapter 2 of this article notices the fact that cause results in effect and examines the ultimate factors raising grandfather-grandson conflicts. Next, Chapter 3 considers the concrete aspects of grandfather-grandson conflicts. Based on the above examination on the causes and aspects of the conflicts, Chapter 4 focuses on the value that Yangarok has as the material for introspection and lays the ground to think about the messages that this record implies for contemporaries.

• Proceedings of the Plant Resources Society of Korea Conference
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• 2023.04a
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• pp.32-32
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• 2023

본 연구는 16세기 과거에서 낙방한 시권(試紙)인 낙폭지(落幅紙)가 어떻게 재활용되었는지에 대해 고 찰하는 것이 목적이다. 과거 시험 답안지는 시권, 시지(試紙), 명지(名紙), 과지(科紙)라 하였으며 두껍고 품질 좋은 종이가 사용되었다. 국가의 특별한 경사가 있거나 왕이 친림한 과거 시험의 경우 응시자에게 국가에서 시지를 제공하였으나, 그 외 3년마다 치르는 정기시험인 식년시(式年試)는 개인이 별도로 마련하였다. 전국 각 도와 한성부에서 치러졌던 초시(初試)를 비롯한 복시(覆試), 별시(別試), 증광시(增廣試), 춘당대시(春塘臺試) 등 과거 응시자의 수는 조선 후기로 갈수록 증가하였다. 이 때문에 시지 마련은 응시자 개인뿐 아니라 국가의 부담으로 작용하게 되었다. 조선시대 과거에 합격한 시지는 응시자에게 돌려주었으나 불합격한 시지의 경우는 돌려주지 않고 국가에서 재활용하였다. 낙폭지는 북방 군사들의 추위를 막는 방한용 의복인 지의(紙衣)로 사용되었으며, 화전(火箭), 가슴을 가리는 갑옷인 엄심갑(掩心甲), 비를 막는 장막용이나 우의(雨衣)로 사용되었다. 낙폭지는 건물 내부 도배 재료로 초배(初褙)에 이용되었으며, 그림이나 책의 배접용으로 활용되었다. 16세기 『묵재일기』에는 이문건이 32년간 성주 지방에서 유배 생활을 하며 인근 지역 관인(官人)과 지인들을 통해 주기적으로 낙폭지를 입수했던 기록을 살필 수 있다. 지방의 종이 제작 정도, 종이 수급 현황, 낙폭지 재활용에 대한 구체적인 양상을 통해 일상 속 종이 재활용 상황을 파악하는 단서를 제공하였다.

• Journal of Korean Classical Literature and Education
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• no.33
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• pp.153-184
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• 2016

This study investigates the funeral rituals practiced by the Joseon Dynasty as recorded about Lee Mun Geon (1494~1567, a.k.a Mukjae), who mourned by the grave of his deceased mother, Ms. Shin (1463~1535), a woman whose family's origin was Goryeon. The study focuse on the rituals performed by Lee after his mother's death, his participation in the funeral, and his mourning specifically as an individual who has lost his parent. Reviewing Lee's mourning life beside the grave, the contents of diary belonging to a nobleman in the middle of Joseon Dynasty were studied aimsing to find out the meaning of rituals, the overall recognition accorded to death, and the filial duties that were carried out by the noblemen of the time. Although noblemen in the middle of Joseon Dynasty ceaselessly attempted to change the observance of funeral rituals through legislation, it was difficult to change the mindset of the people, who fllowed the deep-rooted traditions of long history. It must be acknowledged that the Joseon Dynasty had a different cultural background than that of China. There was a fundamental problem when they tried to adapt The Family Rituals of Zhu Xi, followed by the Chinese, to the Joseon society. Although The Family Rituals of Zhu Xi emphasized ancestral rites focusing on enshrining mortuary tablets and the importance of establishing the family shrine hundred times, noblemen in the mid-Joseon Dynasty period cared for their parents in the grave by mourning for them than by following such practice. The solemn memorial service held in front of the grave, and the annual ritual service on the death anniversary were far more important to the noblemen in the mid-Joseon Dynasty. Amid such contradictions, the noblemen accepted and performed the mourning rituals beside the grave of their parent. Human beings across the ages have always dwelt upon thoughts of the afterlife. Most people believe that they attain a state after the death of their physicalbody. If humans did not have such thoughts, they would not be bothered if death occurs on being hit by a car on the street. Thus, human beings often think of the ritual services related to death, although in different forms. Therefore, mourning by the grave of their parent held great significance among the noblemen of the Joseon Dynasty as a sign of their filial piety.