조선 초기 변계량의 역사의식

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the historical consciousness of Byun Gye-ryang, who led life in the early Chosun Dynasty. The early Chosun Dynasty was the time to celebrate the founding period through the revolution and the Suseong period of inheriting and developing the founding ideology of the new dynasty. In the wake of the historical upheaval of the early Chosun Dynasty at the end of the Goryeo Dynasty, Byun Gye-ryang made efforts to study by acquiring studies through active activities under the leadership of representative Confucian thinkers who led the era. In the era when Byun Gye-ryang was active in earnest, it was considered precious to promote stability due to the conditions of the times as the Suseong period. Therefore, it can be said that it was required to establish a stable system operation of the country and a solid state of the governance order in name and reality. During the founding period of the Chosun Dynasty, the theory of minister-centeredness prevailed in general. It was Jeong Do-jeon who led the theory of finance-centeredness during this period. He expected the social implementation of civilian politics based on sage politics in establishing a new political system of the country in the real situation of the founding period. Jeong Do-jeon tried to firmly maintain the belief that the most powerful and capable person should be in charge of political affairs for the benefit of all the people instead of the tyranny of hereditary monarchs. However, Byun Gye-ryang strongly insisted on the theory of monarch-centeredness as Taejong, a powerful monarch, ascended the throne based on the new reality of the Suseong period. Therefore, all power must be concentrated on the king, and only through the concentration of power can the dynasty be preserved. Byun had to find ways to supplement the intention of governance because he had to remove all possible risk factors from the royal family's position. Byun Gye-ryang thought that the selection of talent should be precise. This is because the scale of power depends on whether there are many or few talents. It was argued that in order to accurately select talent, it was necessary to block the path to illegal entry and omit to consider the number of years in government office.