17세기 퇴계학파의 栗谷 李珥와 栗谷學 인식

Abstract

Negative Cognition on Yiyi and Yulgok-studies in the 17th Century Toegye School was made step by step. They looked up a clue in their foregoer´s feeling of political faction, additionally superinduced the career of entering the Buddhist priesthood, the fault of study method and the differentness of Li-Qi theory from Yi Hwang. They attributed the cause of the political partisan and autocratic acts of the seo-in party to Yiyi´s teachings, then fostered their negative imaginations about Yiyi. The 17th nam-in bureaucrats and scholars emphasized the moral flaws of Yiyi in proportion to the 17th seo-in´s adoration. The dispute between the nam-in party and the seo-in party over Yiyi and his academic theory took on a concrete form of Do-hak(Ideal moral philosophy) controversy, in other words, dispute about acceptance or rejection the memorial rites on Temple of Literature(文廟). There was no mutual tolerance and understanding, unfortunately their image of Yiyi was reproduced on an enlarged scale until the end of the Joseon dynasty. Although that negative cognition was based on the mind learning of Toegye school, we must not overlook their partisan bias. So we need to disentangle the truth from their prejudiced conclusion.