『조선왕조실록』에 나타난 사주명리의 반체제적 성향

Abstract

The new way Saju(Sinbeobsaju, 新法四柱), which is the basis of Sajumyungri(四柱命理) today, was regularly introduced from the Yuan dynasty(元) by the new government officials and intellectuals since late Goryeo, who required system change, as a paradigm to understand a new era. Later, during the Joseon dynasty, Sajumyungri has remained as the basic culture of Korean society, forming the basic culture thereof, going through Joseon dynasty undergoing ups and downs process of sunny and shady spot of history. Differently from other various studies, which had stayed within the range of official scholarship, Myungri science has a characteristic of fatalism that implies the point that those who are not necessarily good-natured, even though they are in high-class and rich position. Due to this, Sajumyungri represented the position of meager family, small and medium landlord, and surrounding intellectuals, expressing critical message of the existing social system. Since the mid Joseon in the 16th century, as the doctrines of Chu-tzu became dogmatic·self-contented, also, government operation and society became confused, underground tendency of Myungri science became more intensified as dissatisfaction about Joseon dynastic system became exposed. Neo-Confucianism, distributed in the same period as Myungri science, took a role as the dominant ideology of Joseon which aimed for a moral Confucian society, however Myungri science was different. During that time, considering the situation that the Joseon society faced, it was very natural that Sajumyungri science, based on the idea of fatalism, and the idea of stratagem, which longed for social revolution, were combined. Accordingly, a result that the overall divining science was negatively recognized including Myungri science.