秋琴 姜瑋(1820~1884)는 19세기에 활동한 저명한 문인·학자로, 초기 개화사상가이자 한말 한문학 四大家의 한 사람으로 칭해지고 있다. 『姜秋錦奉別詩幅』(동국대학교 소장)은, 姜瑋가 1873년 1차 북경기행 때 21명의 知人들로부터 받은 贈詩와 贈序를 모아 편집한 책이다. 이 책은 지인들의 글을 통해 강위의 해외기행 전후의 상황을 구체적이고 객관적으로 살펴볼 수 있다는 점에서 주목되는 자료이다.
『강추금봉별시폭』의 구성은 표지를 포함하여 총 37張으로 이루어졌으며, 21명의 저자들의 작품인 詩 36수와 序와 後記 등 산문 11편이 실려 있다. 실린 글 중 저자 미상인 세 편의 글 중 두 편이 김상우와 이건창의 작품임을 본 논문에서 밝혔다. 그리고 『시폭』의 21명의 저자들을 동래 정씨, 남촌시사, 무주 교유인물 등으로 분류하여 살펴보았고, 이 중 특히 이후 강위와 지속적으로 친밀하게 교유했던 정범조·정기우·이건창·이중하에 주목하였다.
『시폭』의 저자들은, 강위가 ‘異’를 추구하였음을 언급하였고, 깊고 폭넓은 독서와 식견을 갖추었음을 논하였으며, 시인으로서의 탁월한 역량을 갖추고 있음에 대해 높이 평가하였다. 그리고 강위에게 이번 使行을 통하여 중국의 정세를 파악하고, 중국 문인들과 활발하게 교유하기를 기대하였다.
강위는 이 사행을 계기로 하여 이후 4차례의 해외기행을 하였다. 총 5차례나 되는 강위의 해외기행은 강화도조약 이전인 1873년부터 1882년 對美 수교 이후까지 조선이 ‘근대’로 편입하는 중차대한 시기에 이루어진 것으로, 강위의 사상과 문학에 중요한 전기가 되었다. 그러므로 『시폭』은 강위의 해외기행 초기 모습을 구체적으로 살펴볼 수 자료이며, 나아가 19세기 후반 개화파 지식인의 세계 인식과 경험을 이해하는데 중요한 자료라 할 것이다.Ch'u-Kum, Kang Wi(1820~1884) was a prominent scholar and poet who lived in 19'c. He insisted enlightenment of Cho-sun and played a role of bridge between the practical science and the enligntenment thought. So he was called as a person of great four chinese literary mans with Lee Geon-chang, Huang hyun, Kim Taek-Young in the later of Cho-sun. Further, he was a senior and teacher of these three mans.
This paper is on the study about the early data, 『For Kang Ch'u-Kum, the collection of farewell poems(姜秋錦奉別詩幅)』, of his foreign travel in the last terms of his life, It was the book that was gathered poems and letters from 21 friends when Kang Wi participated in as a persons of envoies who dispatched on China in 1873. Although this book was very important data in considering his later life and literatures, it had not been studied at existing studies until now. The purpose of this paper is to consider objective evaluations of Kang Wi in before and behind his foreign travel through writings of his friends.
First, I looked around writers of this book, 21 friends who are divided Dong Rae(東萊) Jung's familly, South Village poem club(南村詩社) etc. Especially Lee Geon-Chang had the close friendship with him, In result, he participated in publishing a collection of his works after his death.
Second, I considered their evaluations about Kang Wi. 21 writers noticed 'the eccentricity' as the salient traits of his character and esteemed to read great variety books and have exalted ideas. And they expected that he would extend his knowledges and discover national measures. Also they expected that he would praise his natural abilities of poet in China and relate close friendship with chinese poets.
Kang Wi did his best to live up to their expectations. He grasped the situation of China, the eastern penetration of Western powers and associated with chinese poets during his travel. Upon this opportunity he went abroad four times and extended his knowledges through it. His four travels to Beijing, Tokyo, Shanghai were adventured although his old age to find how to handle Cho-sun's external crisis. It was very important to examine carefully his travels for studing Kang Wi's life and literatures. Therefore, 『For Gang Chu-Kum, the collection of farewell poems(姜秋錦奉別詩幅)』 was the important data to examine his first travel that was a decisive turning point of his life.