남계 박세채의 서원교육 사상과 실천

Abstract

In this paper, I investigated the perspective on the Seowon(Confucian academy) of Park Se Chae(1631-1695) and his educational practices centered in his 「Seowon Gojeung(historical research of Confucian academy)」 and four pieces of Hakgyu(Confucian school regulations). According to the results of this study, he had maintained a strict Dohak(the Learning of the Way) centered perspective on the Confucian academy, and his perspective was reflected in the four school regulations of Confucian academy he wrote. Accordingly, he proposed a strict academic centered admission requirements of Confucian academy, and particularly emphasized the learning of self-perfection as a aims of Confucian academy education, not the preparation of civil entrance examination. At the same time, he placed the works of Korean neo-Confucianist, especially ToeGye and Yulgok at the important position in the Confucian academy curriculum. His these thoughts and practices may have important implications in the history of late Chosun Confucian academy education.