17~18세기 忠淸道 洪州지역 재지사족과 少論系 書院

Abstract

In the period of Chosen dynasty, there were 4 Moks in Chungcheong-do Province. They had different cultural characteristics. It was Hongju that was the administrative hub of the western area of Chungcheong-do Province. Hongju was rich in seafood and had large farmland, so scholar-gentlemen, people in the highest class, wanted to live there. Basically, Chungcheong-do Province was academically on Kiho School’s side under the influence of Kim Jang-saeng and Kim Jip who were in the scholarly lineage of Yi Yul-gok. And it was politically on Seoin’s side, especially Seoin-Noron’s side after Seoin’s being divided into Noron and Soron. Most of Seowons in Gongju or Cheongju district, like Donam Seowon in Yeonsan or Hwayang Seowon in Cheongju, were on Noron’s side. On the other hand, in Hongju, there were Seowons which were on Soron’s side, like Hyehak Seowon and Yonggye Seowon. In Hongju, there was Noeun Seowon, which held rituals for Seong Sam-mun. At first, politicians in Seoin and Namin participated in its establishment together. However, after Seoin’s separation, Noron supported Noeun Seowon, and it was because of Noron’s political considerations. In other districts, it was also common that there were conflicts among Seowons that had different political views, and sometimes non-Noron-sided Seowons were abolished by Noron regime. Unlike the central political world, in Hongju, making Soron-sided Seowons remain. It was because the figures for which two Soron-sided Seowons held rituals were Yi Se-gu and Yoon Jeung, the key figures of Soron faction. And it was also because Yi Se-gu and Yoon Jeung boosted the custom of Confucianism, staying in Hongju. In fact, Noron was not dominant in the local gentry society of Hongju in the first place. Seowons in Hongju continued until the period of Gojong dynasty.