Nammyung(南冥) Cho Sik(曺植 : 1501∼1572), one of the most practical Confucian scholars in Chosun dynasty, was known to the general pubilc as a poet who loved Chirisan(智異山). Appreciating hi1ls and waters around beautiful Chirisan, he never regarded Chirisan as a simple target of elegant pursuit. While wandering around hills and waters, he did not wirte poems full of only taste and elegance. On the contrary. his pursuit on the reflection of life, the origin of life and contentment with poverty and delight in the Way was well expressed in his poems. The meanings of hills and waters that he described can be classified into four categories. First, he and natural scenery became as one body and show an enterprising spirit. Nammyung loved Doorusan(頭流山) and the grandeur of waterway in it and he expresses a valiant spirt using the magnificence of Chirisan. Second, Nammyung did not see hills and waters as only the target of appreciation but he saw the meaning of hills and waters as mirrors that reflect his feelings and society. Not only the beauty of hills and waters he searched his soul through them and turned natural scenery into reflection and self-examination that take people in adversity into account. Third. Nammyung shows his uneasy situation as a wander between conflict of his present situation and longing for hills and waters. Though he was always attracted by hills and waters, he never took himself away from the reality. Here comes discrepancy and conflict. Due to his emphasis on safety and honor, he aspired after nature and harbored himself. He, however, cared about how people lived and tried to take care of them according to Confucian teachings. Fourth, he was expressed as a poet who peacefully wandered aroud and devoted himself into the world of purity and no concern. Though Nammyung lived in poverty. what he pursued was to seek after truth without any public criticism. Hills and waters became pure and ideal space to realize such a life. The hills and waters of Chirisan which laid open to Nammyung was the space where he wanted to live and he materialized his desire in his poems.

Ⅰ. 머리말 
Ⅱ. 壁立千?의 氣象 
Ⅲ. 인간을 보고 세상을 보고 
Ⅳ. 現實의 葛藤과 自然의 憧憬 
Ⅴ. 욕심 없는 純粹로의 歸依 
Ⅵ. 맺음말

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