소현성과 유교적 삶의 진정성 = The Sincerity of Sohynseoung as a Man of Confucian Virtues

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

This essay tried to analyse the personality of Sohyunseong, a hero of Sohyunseongrok who has usually been mentioned in previous studies to represent the man of Confucian virtues (君子), but whose inner world has rarely been focussed on. Heroes of Korean classical novels are mostly Confucian intellects whose behaviors have been interpreted the results of their Confucian value systems. But a more closer look at the characters of these novels reveals that it is not easy to determine whether their saying and acting are exactly resulted from the internalized Confucian values. In a sense, this difficulty is related to the situation that there are few heroes who concretely show their inner worlds. Sohyunseong is notable in that his personal narrative is well developed, presenting the process of his accepting and internalizing the Confucian values as his own belief system. As a Confucian intellect, he tries to keep practicing his Confucian value system in his words and behaviors. He never fails to develop self-cultivation and self-reflection. Whenever and wherever he says and acts, he tries to follow his ideals and values, which shape his personality as sincere and cautious. Another remarkable thing about his personality is that he is never shown to stick to his value system too stubbornly and mechanically. This aspect of his is well presented in his practice of filial piety. As is well known, filial piety is one of the most fundamental values in a Confucian society. So this value of filial piety is likely to be forced as an ideology for the members of this society. Sohyunseong is free from this kind of concern because he practiced his filial piety on the basis of the universal emotion between parents and children, not blindly following Confucian ideology. This aspect is well presented in the scene of his death. In the previous studies, Sohyunseong has been mainly regarded as an idealistic patriarch and virtuous man with Confucian ideals, contributing to the maintenance and prosperity of his family. Those studies tend to ignore the narrative of his personality and his inner world. That is why this paper tried to explore his deeper inner world behind his image of a virtuous Confucian man. As a result, I found that Sohyunseong did not just represent for a man of Confucian ideals, but tried to internalize Confucian values as his own belief system and to live up to those ideals in his life. In the history of novels in the seventeenth century, this kind of portrayal is worth noting.

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