龜峯 宋翼弼의 예 담론과 그 의미—庶母 논쟁을 중심으로—

Abstract

This Paper was attempted to study the ritual discourse of Gubong Song Ik-pil and it's sense. This work presuppose that it might be a clue to understand the culture of the latter half of the 16th and the intellectual of the day. In spite of the lowly social position, Gubong played an important role in ritual thought with the gentry including YI YI , Seong Hwon. Basically, his' ritual discourse observed Chi Si' Family ritual and old rites. Thus, comparing with other intellectuals, he was lacking in flexibility to adapt to changing times. He recognized the rite was not inexorable, of course, but, he was negativity to rectify the existing rites. He's strong discourse is reaffirmed, when he put rite before human feeling. This ritual discourse of Gubong expressed clearly through the argument of the father´s concubine between YI YI. While YI YI argued father´s concubine should stand in the first line of the women during ancestor worship ceremonies, Gubong maintained that she should treated as a slave concubine based on Chi Si' Family ritual and old rites. However it's interesting that, he wanted to let the child born of a concubine join in the paternal family, arguing this matter. Discriminating between the child born of a concubine and the concubine, was intended to establish not the maternal family but the paternal family. Paradoxically speaking, through exclusive and strong discourse, he can criticise hardening hierarchical society and let himself join in the paternal family.