Nan-eun Lee Dong-pyo was a straight intellect that was truthful to his conscience even in the middle of political turmoil(Hwanguk) during the reign of King Sukjong, putting aside his partisan interests. The purpose of this study to investigate the lit...
Nan-eun Lee Dong-pyo was a straight intellect that was truthful to his conscience even in the middle of political turmoil(Hwanguk) during the reign of King Sukjong, putting aside his partisan interests. The purpose of this study to investigate the literary characteristics and spiritual orientation of his poetic world. He depicted the spaces of whirring winds, rain, and snow to embody his times as a period of chaos and used the images of animals and plants being bent and broken down to imply the aspects of weak classical scholars. Furthermore, he announced his intense will to confront the world with the dynamic image of a breakthrough and expressed his wish to reach a high spiritual level out of his agony in reality with the dynamic image of soaring. It is also noteworthy in his poems that he sought after a life attitude based on idleness. This attitude, which was also represented in his nickname, signified a free life from real desire and was another expression for his resistance against the world. The life that he tried to achieve through his orientation toward idleness was specified in his ideal life for Yail in his works. Yail means a life of simple and tranquil mood. These poems depict the freedom and joy of escaping from the bridle of reality. It is also noteworthy from a literary perspective that the poet created very fresh images through his dynamic imagination. It can be checked with a series of dynamic images such as "breakthrough" and "soaring."