고종대 만동묘(萬東廟)와 서원(書院) 훼철 논의의 전개

Abstract

This research has reviewed the debates of seowons demolishing in Gojong times. In former researches about sewons, the researchers have claimed that the causes of demolishing in Gojong times were many civil damages and military service evasion, and suppression of the ruling classes(兩班). It is resonable that demolishing of sewons brought about solutions of financial burden and military service evasion. But at that times, the governors of Chosun regarded sasul(私設) and chubsul(疊設) as Serious problem. To understand the recognition and thought is more important than objective recognition. The critics of chosun emphasized the roles of sewons in Confucian education and paying the respect to senhyun(先賢). And they opposed the demolishing policy because they thought solutions of sewons problem were punishment of offenders. The governors did not accept this suggestion. After that, the governors and critics sustained the tensions about seowon. policy The governors paid attentions to the role of rites but the critics to the role of education of sewons. Specially the critics emphasized sewons as the irreplaceable schools for Confucian education. Meanwhile, the noteworthy case was the plan to change sewons to modern school. This was influenced by seowons reforms in China and the governors discussed the possibility of acceptance of China sewons system.