About the Tradition of Writing the “Fu on the Terrace for Viewing Fish” in the Early Joseon Period

(2019). About the Tradition of Writing the “Fu on the Terrace for Viewing Fish” in the Early Joseon Period. The Review of Korean Studies, 22(2), 33-64, https://doi.org/10.25024/review.2019.22.2.003

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Abstract

This paper examines how Joseon literati understood wen 文 and how different perspectives on the wen were reflected in their literary writings especially in fu 賦 works. In Korea, from the fifteenth century onward, the elite class was divided into two groups: the Hungu 勳舊 faction and the Sarim 士林 faction. The former focused on literary craft while the latter focused on incorporating Confucian thoughts in their literary works. I argue that factional differences in terms of understanding the wen reflected the different social statuses of Joseon intellectuals. Scholars from the Hungu faction and capital-based candidates became highly confident in their literary skills. In contrast, Sarim scholars and provincial scholars strategically chose neo-Confucianism as the central ideology of their literary works. To prove this, I compare the three “Gwaneodae bu” 觀魚臺賦 written by Korean fu writers of late Goryeo to early Joseon. The focus is on their adoption of the features of dafu 大賦, or grand fu forms. I analyze how their different views of literature influenced them in writing their fu works in different styles.

keywords: Sino-Korean literature, Korean fu, early Joseon literature, Hungu scholars, Sarim scholars, Seo Geo-jeong, Gim Jong-jik

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Vol.22 No.2

About the Tradition of Writing the “Fu on the Terrace for Viewing Fish” in the Early Joseon Period

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