Song Deokbong

Song Deokbong (1521-1578) was a Korean female poet of the mid Joseon dynasty, and was active in the sixteenth century.[1]

Life

Song Deokbong married the Confucian scholar (Miam) Yu Huichun (1513-1577), who was exiled in 1547. When he boasted of his faithfulness to her, she reprimanded him in letters by saying his boasting of such matters did not do him any credit. She furthermore let him know that she had diligently mourned his mother for three years and arranged the funeral, which she implied were much more difficult tasks than remaining faithful. She also commented that spending some months without sexual relations would have been good for him, seeing as he was getting older and needed to preserve his energy.[2] He took her admonishment without rancor and they continued to correspond with each other in verse.[3]

On her way to visit her husband in exile in Jongseong, Song Deokbong composed a much-praised poem whilst passing through an area called Macheonryeong.[2]

She was seen as a virtuous woman writer.

Notes
  1. Kim, Hee-Sook; Kwon, Chang Woo (Feb 2020). "A Study on the Content and Composition of Digital Character Archive in Works and Subjects: Female Writers in the mid of the Joseon Dynasty". Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science (in Korean). 54 (1): 145–174. ISSN 1225-598X.
  2. Hai-soon Lee, Hye-sun Yi (2005). The Poetic World of Classic Korean Women Writers. Vol. 9. Ewha Womans University Press. ISBN 8973006274.
  3. Lee & Yi. p. 11. {{cite book}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

Sources
  • Lee, Hai-soo & Yi, Hye-sun (2005). The poetic world of classic Korean women writers. Ewha Womans University Press.
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