A Study on the Poetry of Noh Baek-heon and Jeong Jae-gyu Focus on the Mourning Poem

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine the aspects of Jeong Jae-gyu’s mourning poem. Jeong Jae-gyu (1843-1911) was a Neo-Confucian scholar and writer who was active in Yeongnam during the late Han and Japanese colonial period. He learned from No-Sa Ki Jeong-jin, and played a leading role in forming No-Sa School in the Yeongnam region. He also inherited the studies of Jo Sik and Jeong Yeo-chang. He also interacted with scholars of the Giho School, Hanju School, and Hwaseo School, and studied various theories. His literary world is gradually being revealed, and in this thesis, we focused on mourning poem. He targeted people he knew well and had a close relationship for a long time. He mainly emphasized academic achievements or the virtues of inconsistent with the world. He also highlighted the works of righteousness soldiers who showed sacrifice and who showed the spirit of patriotism for overcoming the national crisis. And he described this world as a disturbed world, afterlife as a pleasuer space. It is an indirect critique of the state in which ethics is disturbed and the pursuit of profit only. In this respect, it is different from a mourning poem that shows praise and sorrow. This study had focused on the mourning poem and intends to show the his world of poetry in detail through travel poetry in the future.