Koryo Dynasty is an age when tea culture bloomed the most beautifully, and at the center of this tea culture of Koryo Dynasty was Lee Gyu-bo. It would be very meaningful to study Lee Gyu-bo, one of the tea persons representing Korea, and his view of tea culture, and in order to achieve this study purpose, Lee Gyu-bo^ literature contained in『Dongkukyisang kukjib』was analyzed, his view of literature was examined, and tea poems taking tea as the theme were collectively investigated. The study results can be summarized as below.
First, as a result of analyzing Lee Gyu-bo's general view of literature, it turned out that the type of his literature could be divided into many genres such as poem, prose, essay, and critique, and he targeted anything that caught his eyes or that he could feel with his five senses. He did not copy others' writings but emphasized on originality and personality to write in his own style. And he drew what he realized in his daily life, giving lessons.
Second, as a result of analyzing his view of literature appearing in his poems, he contended that one should get poetic inspiration in daily life naturally. Through constant learning, open mind, deep ability of observation, and delicate attention, he wrote many works having different and unique views and perspectives, and looking at his works, how he recognized and criticized the reality, which is his consciousness of reality, can be examined.
Third, as a result of analyzing his view of Buddhism appearing in his poems, to Lee Gyu-bo, a temple contained his recognitions of space of consolation, space of transcendence, and space of amusement, and these recognitions frequently appear in his Buddhist poetry.
Fourth, as a result of analyzing his view of tea culture appearing in his tea poems, his tea poems contain a wide range of tea culture content including various types of tea, tools of tea, efficacy of tea, how to drink tea, and tea ceremony, providing quality information. And his tea poems show what he felt in his era and the social reality that he faced, reflecting his 'consciousness of reality'.
In addition, it can be found that he had 'consciousness of arts', enjoying tea life freely without being bound by religion and ideology. And lastly, his tea poems and Buddhist poetry show 'transcendental consciousness', escaping from obsession and agony.
This study is expected to help understand Lee Gyu-bo's many literary works and his view of tea culture, and I, as a tea person, hope more developed mode of Lee Gyu-bo's view of tea culture can be established through more direct data excavation and deeper literature research in the future.