Abstract

Sil‒ong(實翁) is Hong Dae‒yong himself in his latter years, as well as was created based on various characters such as a bonze performance of Mount Ui‒moo‒ryeo, a Western missionary of a church in Beijing and Kim Sin‒gyeom whose pen name is teacher Jeung‒so(橧巢先生). In addition, Heoja(虛子) is also Hong Dae‒yong when he was conducted away and is founded on Lee Ki‒ji who is the writer of ‘Il‒am‒yeon‒gi’. Naturally, Heoja also indicates the people ostracized by existing Neo‒Confucianism, the theories of Ui‒lee(loyalty), Hwa‒ui(negotiations for peace) and Book‒beol(expedition to conquer the north) and so on. It is highly possible for ‘Ui‒san‒moon‒dap’ to have started from the disappointment in the failure of the purpose that Daeyong Hong had planned at first. Although it resulted in the great change in the aspect of a writers exchange after he was hauled in, Chinese scholars were not the targets to meet from the beginning. Moreover, Hong Dae‒yong built Nong‒soo‒gak, a private observatory, by producing a wide range of astronomical machines before he was conducted away. The meaning of his shock through the experi‒ence should be reconsidered, if it is fully reflected on. The setting place and time of ‘Ui‒san‒moon‒dap’ and the contrast between Heo‒ja and Sil‒ong existed in embryo in the tradition of amusement and record(遊記) compromised with Yoen‒haeng‒rok and applied to ‘Ui‒san‒moon‒dap’ by emulating the change of consciousness appeared in ‘Il‒am‒yeon‒gi’ written by Gi‒ji Lee. ‘Ui‒san‒moon‒dap’ is a different type of writing from the social intercourse with Chinese writers who thrilled scholars of the time. However, it seems to have been difficult to persuade the fact that the earth orbits around the sun. It can be seen with ‘Every one who heard it laughed at it’(聞者莫不笑之). In other words, ‘Ui‒san‒moon‒dap’ was written for trying to demonstrate the fact that the earth orbits with a variety of theories causing Ji‒jeon‒seol(地轉說: the theory that the earth revolves once a day). Furthermore, it shows the intention to rectify the academic situation of the time which had been headed for a downfall.