Nosojae Hall Documents

This document is a single volume, titled "Eul-jung," from the manuscript draft of the collected works of No Sojae (No Su-sin). It is bound by the simchimjang (stab-binding) method on hanji (traditional mulberry paper) leaves measuring 24 cm in height and 14.2 cm in width, comprising 45 leaves in all, written in a running cursive script with an average of eight lines per page and sixteen characters per line. Its contents are poems (si) and rhapsodies (bu) that Sojae wrote over several years in exile, beginning in 1548 when he was banished to Suncheon, Jindo Island and other places as a result of the Eulsa Purge; they include 21 poems from the "First Month Draft" of the musin year, 40 poems from the "Second Month Draft," and the 2,000-character "Okju." This is the only surviving "Eul-jung" volume from the seven-volume manuscript draft of Sojae's collected works. No Su-sin, whose courtesy name was Gwahoe and pen name Sojae, held the post of Chief State Councillor (Yeonguijeong) and received the posthumous title Mungan-gong. As a Confucian scholar whose learning traced back to Tansu, Hwanhwondang and Jeompiljae, he brought his scholarship to near completion during his nineteen years of exile on Jindo Island, and it is said that, immersed deeply in the life of exile, his writing likewise achieved a world both powerful and profound. He differed from Toegye (Yi Hwang) in his views on the theory of principle and material force (i-gi), yet even Toegye highly praised his commentary on the Sukheungyamaejam, saying, "As long as the Way is not lost in our eastern land, this commentary will surely be handed down to later generations." He had deep learning not only in Zhu Xi Neo-Confucianism but also in Wang Yangming philosophy, was well versed in Buddhist doctrine, and achieved distinction in both prose writing and calligraphy as well. He was popularly known, together with Yu Seong-ryong and Jeong Tak, as one of the Three Great Masters of Yeongnam, and in literature he was called one of the Three Outstanding Talents of the Court Bureaus along with Jeong Sa-ryong and Hwang Jeong-uk. In poetry especially, he was so well versed in the poetry of Du Fu that he came to be known as "the Du Fu of Joseon."

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Sangju, Gyeongbuk

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Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산