『北學議』와 『雪岫外史』의 비교 연구

Abstract

This thesis did comparison between Park Je-ga's Puk'agŭi and Lee, Hee-kyung's Sŏlsuoesa, which specificly reflected the propositions of Bukhak School and the idea of utility and welfare confirmed by their Yeonhaeng experience. Park Je-ga(1750~1805) and Lee, Hee-kyung were good friends. Both of them were the important members of Yeonam group, who visited China most frequently. The two people went to China several times although they were both plebeians. Based on their Yeonhaeng experience, they expressed the thought of utility and welfare which was shared within Yeonam group by their writings, such as Puk'agŭi and Sŏlsuoesa. As they were plebeians and important Silhak scholars with the consideration of utility and welfare, the two works revealed many common ideas and propositions of Bukhak. Meanwhile they clearly had their own characteristics on the contents. Through Puk'agŭi, we can knew that Park Je-ga cared about all the social problems and insisted on the comprehensive reform of scholar, farmer, artisan and merchant stratum, which was related with agriculture, industry and commerce, distribution industry, overseas trade and social system in order to administrate the country and relieve the people's suffering. Compared with him, Lee, Hee-kyung focused on the 'farmer' and the field directly related to agriculture. Sŏlsuoesa was a later book than Puk'agŭi but rather conservative, which was closely related with the death of Jeongjo of Chosŏn in the 19th century and the dangerous position and situation of Bukhak School. For this reason, Lee, Hee-kyung's Sŏlsuoesa can be considered as the last work that advocated Bukhak of Bukhak School. In the future, the study on Yeonhaengroks of Bukhak scholars needs to pay attention on the differences of their works as well as the common points, so as to understand Bukhak School with a broader and more objective approach.