북학론에서 도출되는새로운 역사해석의 가능성

Abstract

After passing about sixty years from the time of collapse of Ming dynasty, the possibility of restoration of Ming dynasty was almost completely disappeared, and Qing regime was more stabilized. In this changed condition, most Joseon dynasty's ruling class had to accept the situation that Chinese turned to Barbarian. So they began to consider Joseon dynasty as the only proper successor of Chinese confucian culture instead of Ming dynasty which did not exist any more. On the other hand, this changed situation made most ruling class people of Joseon dynasty try to find the reason why Qing could lasted over a century despite their barbarian attribute. In this process, some figures who visited peking as a member of official envoy of Joseon, such as Hong Daeyong and Bak Jiwon came to know the Chinese people under Qing regime willingly admitted that Qing had no responsibility for collapse of Ming dynasty, and Qing had a sufficient qualification to rule China. Disconnection between the collapse of Ming dynasty and Qing regime could gave a suggestion to Hong Daeyong and Bak Jiwon to explain the reason why Qing could lasted over a century in China. They gradually accept the explanation of the Chinese people under Qing regime, and gave up the revengeful thought toward Qing. In the next step, they began to explain the reason of Qing dynasty's stability and prosperity was not because of Barbarian Qing attribute, but because of Chinese traditional culture which Barbarian Qing stole from Chinese Ming dynasty. Some ruling class figures of Joseon dynasty such as Bak Jega, Bak Jiwon began to separate culture of Chinese and Qing itself, and they did not felt any difficult to accept culture of Qing because it was not Barbarian Qing's but Chinese. Bukhak thought could be originated from this notion, and in this context a little possibility of new interpretation on the event that happened in 1644 at China.