漢詩에 형상화된 壬辰倭亂, 그 항쟁과 수난의 양상

Abstract

The Imjin War(Japanese invasion of Korea in 1592) lasted for seven years. It did Joseon big damage and had a great impact on the change of situation of Northeast Asia. In this paper, I analyzed Korean ancient poems expressed disastrous scenes of the Imjin War. The main subject is divided into three sections: first, the defeat and sacrifice of the government army; second, a struggle and activity of a commander of volunteers; third, sufferings and injury of the people.
 Kim, Je-gap, the governor of Wonju, died a glorious death on the field of battle at Youngwon fortress. Won-ho, a deputy commander of Gangwon province, won a victory in battle at Yeo-river but eventually died in battle at Kimhwa. Shin-gak won a victory in battle at Haeyou-ryeong of Yangju. It was the first victory of Joseon in a land battle. But he was put to death unfairly due to a wrong report. After the war, Lee, Hae-su wrote Nanhu- domangrok and Gu, Sa-maeng wrote Nanhu-jomangrok. Each book is a collection of poems lamenting the war dead. They both wrote condolence poems for Kim, Je-gap, Won-ho and Shin-gak. These poems show the whole problems of government forces; insufficiency for the enemy’s surprise attack, disuse of steep landform, betrayal of uncontrolled inside people, carelessness due to only one victory, a false punishment due to wrong communication, etc.
 Woo, Seong-jeon as a commander of volunteers defended the Japanese invaders at Kimpo and Ganghwa. Lee, Jeong-am, the governor of Yeonan, defended the fortress against the enemy. Lee, Hae-su, Gu, Sa-maeng, Hwang-seom, and Dasan wrote poems about these two people. Reading the poems, we come to know that a victor did not get any special privilege but did receive a reprimand instead. Hwang-seom and Dasan praised Lee, Jeong-am’s contribution to keeping the fortress. And Dasan also praised Shin-gak’s contribution to defensive preparation of Yeonan before.
 Lee-Dal and Heo-Gyun described sufferings and hurts of the people in their poems. Lee-Dal portrayed a grandfather who held a memorial service for his son died in a war, a young widow who lost her husband in a war and has raised her daughter by herself, and an elderly couple who was fleeing to neighboring province losing their son and daughter-in-law. Heo-Gyun wrote a long piece, Nogaekbuwon, which described a woman’s checkered life in a war.