崔致遠과 晩唐詩人 羅隱의 交遊 = Choi Chi-won's friendship with the Late Tang Poet Luo-Yin

국문 초록 (Abstract)

이 글은 최치원과 만당 시인 중의 한 사람이었던 羅隱과의 교유에 관해서 주목한 것이다. 최치원은 과거 시험을 치른 후 顧雲의 소개로 나은을 만났으며, 高騈 막부에서 나은과 재회하였다. 나은이 지은 시 다섯 두루마리를 스스로 최치원에게 보여주었다고 하는 것은 고병 막부를 방문하였을 때 이미 준비해 왔다는 것을 말해준다. 이는 두 사람 사이에 시를 통한 시대적 인식을 공유하였기에 가능한 일이었다. 이후 최치원은 885년 귀국하여 신라 조정에서 문한관으로 활동하였고, 잠시 지방관으로 활동하던 중에 하정사가 되어 재입당하였다. 최치원은 신라에서 출발하기 전에 절동 지역을 다스리던 태사･시중인 전류에게 황제를 만날 수 있도록 여러 가지 부탁을 담은 외교 문서인 ｢상태사시중장｣을 작성하였다. 그가 이와 같은 외교 문서를 준비하게 된 것은 전류 막하에서 종사관으로 활동하던 나은의 존재를 알고 있었기 때문이었다. 나은을 통해 외교 문서가 전류에게 잘 전달될 수 있도록 하고자 한 목적과 아울러 황제를 만나러 가는 길에 도움을 받기 위한 의도가 담긴 것이었다. 최치원이 당에서 이름난 시인인 나은과 교유하였고, 그것을 바탕으로 해서 후일 외교적인 일까지 처리할 수 있었던 것은 우연이라고는 할 수 없을 것이다. 어쩌면 두 사람의 교유가 후일까지 이어지게 된 것은 서로의 문학적 재능을 인정하였기에 가능한 일이었을 것이다.

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Choi Chi Won studied abroad during the Late Tang period with famous poets, such as Luo-Yin. Luo-Yin showed Choi Chi-won his poems in the Three Kingdoms of Korea, indicating that he recognized Choi Chi-won's literary talent. Their relationship became stronger when Choi Chi Won re-entered Tang. Choi Chi Won first met Luo-Yin through Go Woon's introduction shortly after he passed the Ladder Success, and reunited with Luo-Yin at the Chieh-tu-shih(節度使, Regional Commander) Gobyeon Shogunate, around 881. When Luo-Yin visited the Gobyeon Shogunate, he was already familiar with Choi Chi-won and showed five scrolls of poetry he had written. After returning to Korea in the spring of 885, Choi Chi Won served as a civil servant in the Silla government, worked as a local government officer, then became a civil servant and rejoined as an envoy. Before departing from Silla, he wrote Sangtaesasijungjang(上太師侍中狀), a diplomatic document containing various requests to the Qian Liu(錢鏐) who ruled the Zhejiang(浙東) area so that he could meet the emperor. He prepared such diplomatic documents because he knew of the existence of Luo-Yin, who was active under the current emperor. He wanted to ensure that the diplomatic document would be well-received by the current emperor, and he also hoped to gain assistance on his way to meet with the Tang emperor. Upon arriving in Zhejiang, Choi Chi-won would have met with the emperor through Luo-Yin, but we do not know whether he subsequently met with the emperor. His journey was unsuccessful, as he does not mention it in his journal. At that time, the Tang dynasty was very unstable, so they faced an inevitable situation. Nevertheless, it cannot be said to be a coincidence that Choi Chi-won, a foreign student from Silla, communicated with Luo-Yin, a famous poet, and later tried to handle diplomatic affairs based on that. Perhaps it was because they recognized each other's literary talents that their friendship lasted until later. This paper has not only pointed out Choi Chi-won and Luo-Yin's friendship, but has also examined the issue of his reentry into the Tang, and in doing so, it has brought to light a fact that has not been noticed so far. Most importantly, the relationship between Choi and Luo-Yin continued for a long time despite the time gap.