김삿갓

 

난고(蘭皐) 김삿갓(金炳淵)의 생애

선생은 안동 김씨 시조인 고려 개국공신 '선평(宣平)'의 후예로 순조 7년(1807년) 3월13일 경기도 양주군 회천면 회암리에서 부(父) '안근 (安根)'과 모(母) '함평이씨(李氏)'사이에서 이남(二男)으로 출생하였고, 본명은 '병연(炳淵)'이고 호는 '난고(蘭皐)'이다.

순조 11년(1811년) '홍경래의 난'이 일어났을 때, 당시 선천부사였던 그의 조부 김익순이 홍경래에게 항복하였다. 이에 역적으로 몰려 폐족 처분을 받아 가족이 영월로 옮겨와 은둔생활을 하였다.

이러한 생활속에서도 모친 함평 이씨는 자식들에게 조부의 사연을 숨긴 채 글을 가르쳤으며, 김삿갓이 20세 되던 해 영월 동헌에서 개 최되었던 백일장에 응시하여 선천부사 김익순을 비판하는 글로 장원 이 되었다.

그 후에 김익순이 조부라는 사실을 알고 자책과 통한을 이기지 못 하여 22세에 집을 나서 방랑생활을 하면서 서민들의 애환을 시(詩)로 읊어 조선시대 서민문학의 큰 틀을 마련하였다.

1863년 전라남도 화순군 동복에서 작고하여 그곳에 묘를 썼으나, 삼 년 후 둘째 아들 익균이 지금의 자리로 옮겨 모셨다.

The Life of Kim Satgat

Kim Satgat was born the second son of Kim An-geun and Lady Yi of Hampyeong, on March 13, 1807 (the 7th year of King Sunjo's reign) in Hocam-ri. Hoecheon-myeon, Yangju-gun, Gyeonggi-do. He was a descendant of Seon-pseong the founder of the Andong Kim Clan, who had been designated as a meritorious subject for his role in the foundation of the Goryeo Dynasty. Kim Satgat's real name was Byeong-yeon and his pen name was Nango.

When the Hong-Gyeong-rae Rebellion broke out in 1811 (the 11th year of King Sunjo's reign), his grandfather Kim Ik-sun, the magistrate of Suncheon, surrendered to the rebels. The government took a punitive measure against his shameful act, and the whole family was forced to move to Yeongwol and live there in seclusion.

Byeong-yeon was taught to read and write by his mother, never realizing what his grandfather had

done or comprehending the punishment imposed on his family. Later, when he was 20, he won the first prize in a literary composition contest hosted by the Yeongwol Government, for which he wrote an essay criticizing the shameful surrender of the former magistrate. However, he eventually found out that the former magistrate whom he had criticized so severely was

his own grandfather and left home at the age of 22, burdened with feelings of remorse and grief. While he led the life of a wanderer, he composed many verses and laid the groundwork for popular literature of the Joseon period.

Upon his death he was buried in Dongbok of Hwasun-gun, Jeollanam-do in 1863. Three years later. his second son, Ik-gyun, moved the tomb to its present location.