17世紀 尹宣擧의 學問과 政治 位相

Abstract

The Joseon Dynasty Age in the seventeenth century was in a great turmoil, due to series of the unfortunate cases that China invaded the Korean Peninsula in 1627 and 1636. To settle it, the Joseon royal court reformed the ill-equipped status and taxation systems, from the micro-perspective, and this decided to conquer the north, from the macro-perspective. During the period, the group called ‘Sanrim’ came into being. Among the typical ‘Sanrim’ group were Si-yeol Song, Jun-gil Song, Gye Yu, Si Kwon, and Sun-geo Yun. The main work they did was to engage in their studies and exercised their power all around the parts of Hoseo regions. It is Sun-geo Yun, out of the five ‘Sanrim’ group, that is well-known as the prominent scholar, a son of Hwang Yun called Palsong as the penname, and a mother side’s grandson of Hon Sung called Woogye as the penname. As one member of ‘Sanrim’ group, Sun-geo Yun didn’t try to take the state examination and enter the politics, after Korea was invaded by Mongol and relocated its administrative capital to ‘Gangdo’ region. All that he did was to stay in his hometown and train young students. ‘Sanrim’ group that was based on Hoseo regions was in disputes over how they will accept their opposition political party, Namin political party. Such disputes were originated from the argument surrounding the position of Hyu Yun, between Si-yeol Song and Sun-geo Yun. Unlike Si-yeol Song, who was the hard-core supporter of ‘the doctrine of Chu-Tzu’ derived from Confucianism, Sun-geo Yun showed the progressive and open-minded tendency for every academic field and defended Hyu Yun. In other words, he took the moderate stance toward Hyu Yun. Such attitude that Sun-geo Yun showed became the main culprit to trigger controversies between Song and Yun. These disputes over it between Sun-geo Yun and Si-yeol Song lasted and went even so far as to become handed down to their sons’ generation, which was in more fierce controversies. Jeung Yun accepted every academic field, in addition to ‘the doctrine of Chu-Tzu’, who followed the footsteps of the doctrine advocated by Sun-geo Yun, on the basis of ‘Practical Confucianism’ by Hon Sung. Thus, he was in the ceaseless contacts with Jei-du Jung and Deuk-jung Yang who established ‘Yangming’ school of learning. Also, he maintained the close relationship with Se-Chae Park, the core political politician of Soron political party. While he was maintaining such relationship, Yun was disappointed in pro-supporters of Si-yeol Song, well-known as the politician leading Noron political party, who engaged in politics, joining hands with political wing forces in connection with maternal relatives. Ultimately, he completely turned his back from the political party, Noron, and criticized the party, standing in the position of Soron political party. According to the existing research, these disputes between the two political parties of Noron and Soron resulted from conflicts and confrontations between Jeung Yun and Si-yeol Song. But, it was obvious that their sons’ generation accepted practical study applied to the given reality, under the circumstances in which ‘the doctrine of Chu-Tzu’- oriented political ideas were completely dominated. Given the fact, it cannot be disregarded that Seoin group was divided into Noron and Soron, amid such disputes and controversies.