지산 조호익의 시대와 운명(Ⅱ) -임란 거의와 영천 은거를 중심으로-

Abstract

Jisan, Jo Ho-ik (1545-1609) grew up as a member of a prestigious family in Changwon, and studied as Toegye's descendant due to overlapping blood ties with Toegye. However, in 1176, after a year-long resolution, the entire family was forced to relocate to Gangdong, and lived a life of 17 full years. In the midst of the national crisis in the year of Imjin, King Seonjo, who fled to Pyongyang, pardoned Jisan, and when he urged Jisan to act, Jisan rallied the forces of the Gwanseo area and acted as a leader of the righteous army. However, Jisan was dismissed from his post several times by the Joseon court, and finally died in Yeongcheon as an unfortunate scholar in the early night without fulfilling his will. The forced migration of Jisan, Jo Ho-ik's entire family is identified as a structural problem in Joseon society and the influence of a person at the peak of power, not Choi Hwang. It is also hard to see it as a result of good intentions that the Joseon court pardoned Jisan and entrusted him with the responsibility of public order and security around the time of the Japanese invasion. As Joseon society returned to a closed system after the war, Jisan's entry into government service was thoroughly excluded. This led to Jisan's seclusion in Yeongcheon. Jisan's retirement in Yeongcheon was influenced by the relationship with the ancestors and the Jeong Se-ah family. Jisan's life was not happy even after Yeongcheon's seclusion, and his fierce efforts to overcome the reality appeared in academic training and education.