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「shila su-i-jun」 is the oldest korean romance collection. They have been presumed ‘Choi, Chi-Won'(857-?), 'Park, In-Ryang'(?-1096), or ‘Kim, Chuk-Myung' as an Author. but, no one is sure. The original master piece wasn't handed down. So, the original detailed story is not known perfectly. The existing novels are from ` 「Hae-Dong-Go-Sung-Jun」ㆍ「Sam-Kuk-Yu-Sa」ㆍ「Tae-Peung-Tong-Jae」ㆍ「Pil-Won-Jab-Gi」ㆍ「Dae-Dong-Un-Bu-Gun-Ok」ㆍ「Hae-Dong-Jab-Rok」. All of them are 15 Volumes. But, actually, There are 12 Volumes except repeated ones and none of them are full storied, they are abstracted.
This thesis is to study a view of life and death from some of the novels which based on the romance and death between man and woman. The novels are 「Choi-Chi-Won」ㆍ「Gi-Gui」ㆍ「Su-Sab-Suk-Nam」 and 「Ho-won」. The reason to choose these four novels is romance and death speak for the matter of birth and death very well.
From the study, I could find the following facts.
Romance could be the symbol of the birth and propagation to continue the life. Death is the end of present life and another beginning for the new life. There are two types for the death. One is temporary (passing ceremony) and the other is eternal (destiny). They become different according to the acceptance of the next world after death as a reality or unreality. In the reality, death is resistible and selectable. But, as a unreality, the only thing is just acceptance like destiny. The above view for life and death was based on the people's thought that the reality and the unreality could be communicated at that time. It was their belief as well.
On the other hand, these communicative time and space was the unique description for the novel. It can be like night, dream and temple which could be proved in the reality and also they have the elements for the unreality.
With the magnification of time and space like these, the pain of the real life could be cured, and this process made death as a passing ceremony. This was come from the belief there is a next world after death whether it is reality or not.
In addition, for the exquisiteness of the novel, romance's complication was described with unordinary couple's encounter. That's how to maximize the lesson and entertainment from the novel. It can add the inquiring function to the life and death and get the artful effectiveness as well.