율곡 이이의 時宜와 對策

Abstract

Compared to other scholars and officials, Yulgok has more literary texts and prosecutions about his time’s problems. Some of his writings was the content of neo-Confucian Enlightenment, and contains the view of nature of reality and true mind. At his literary texts of recognition of his time’s calling and reform proposals was suggested. In them, it is possible to know the current issues of society at that time, and through the countermeasures, Yulgok's direction of the government and solutions to the government can be understood. He emphasized to recognize the time and the situation, and emphasized the suitability of the situation. He said that the situation at that time was the earth fall that we call tu feng[chinese character 土崩] and insisted that "unless you mend your ways and change over to new ones, the country will surely perish shortly." When it comes to the social and political reforming, he emphasizes to hit the point in time. Then it is said that you can get both right and profit at the same time. In addition, he presented as a principle that all things that are comfortable for the country and that are beneficial to the people should be done when it comes to military affairs. Most of Yulgok's reform proposals were not implemented. The resistance of the sequel was so severe, his life was too short, the state of nation at that time was already in a difficult situation to recover, and his king as a partner of reforming was too stupid to go together.