익산 지역 유학의 전개 양상과 그 특징

Abstract

Following the reorganization of administrative districts, Iksan City, which encompasses Hamyeol-hyeon(咸悅縣), Yongan-hyeon(龍安縣), and Yeosan-hyeon(礪山縣), has recently been revitalizing Iksan Studies as a regional study, and through this, various historical cultures of the traditional era. Promoting understanding of tradition. However, Iksan Studies is focused on the image of Mahan and the ancient capital of Baekje and the culture of the modern period, showing a relatively lack of interest in and understanding of the Confucian tradition in the region that continued from the Goryeo period through the Joseon period. Of course, there was local interest in Iksan's Confucian traditions. However, the existing understanding, such as unsystematized organization of Confucian scholars and biased understanding of specific scholars or families, is highly likely to present certain limitations in understanding the overall Confucian tradition in Iksan. Keeping in mind these limitations, in this paper, I reviewed the historical flow of regional Confucianism, focusing on major Confucian scholars who have been active in the Iksan region since the Goryeo Dynasty, and based on this, tried to identify the characteristic aspects of Confucianism in Iksan. The Iksan region established the local Confucian tradition by continuously producing Confucian intellectuals from the mid-Goryeo period onwards, and contributed to the enrichment of Honam Confucianism by producing a number of notable Confucian scholars from the mid-Joseon period onwards. After Kim Jang-saeng (金長生), who served as the governor of Iksan County, worked in Iksan, he produced a number of Confucian scholars who inherited the Yulgok academic lineage, forming the region's Confucian learning landscape and carrying out meaningful activities at each critical juncture of the times. In particular, the loyalty shown by Confucian intellectuals in Iksan during the Japanese invasions of Korea, the Manchu War, and the Japanese colonial period was a Confucian tradition comparable to that of other regions in Honam. And the tradition of Confucianism continued through the various activities of Confucian intellectuals in Iksan even through the 20th century, when the influence of Confucianism rapidly weakened. Through this flow of Confucianism in Iksan, I confirmed that the tradition of Confucianism is established as a part of the currently active Iksan studies, and tried to suggest that Confucian studies in the Iksan region should continue to be conducted systematically in the future.