近畿實學과 磻溪 柳馨遠

Abstract

Bangye Yoo Hyeong-Won was born in Seoul and lived in Buan, which was located in the Honam area. However, he was closely related to the practical school in the near-capital area including Seongho(星湖) Lee Ik(李瀷). He shared his political background with Nam-in, and he was not buried in Buan but Yongin, Gyeonggi-do. His descendants also lived in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi-do, where the family burial ground was located as well as Buan. The tradition of the practical school of Joseon, which was established by Bangye and succeeded by Seongho and then Dasan (according to the description by Jeong In-Bo, was the tradition of the practical school of the near-capital area. It was not a direct teacher-pupil relation, but the scholastic mainstream of the practical study was formed through transmission of academic knowledge. Seongho Lee Ik who established the Songho school called himself a successor of the Toegye school in his lifetime, but his theory of governance was most affected by Bangye Yoo Hyeong-Won. His family, whose family name was Yeoju Lee, shared the political background of Buk-in, and emerged as the key force of Nam-in during the generation of his father, Lee Ha-Jin, He shared the scholastic idea of Nam-in instead of Buk-in since his family emerged as the mainstream of Nam-in, but he also supported the practical ideas under the influence of the Hwadam school with the ideas of Buk-in, influenced by his father. He was interested in the real-world issues and developed the theory of governance, while succeeding the philosophy of Toegye, affected by his family tradition. He established the philosophy of Seongho, which provided the foundation for the practical study of the near-capital area, by adding the ideas of the practical study of Yoo Hyeong-Won, who was academically and personally very close to him. Bangyesurok(磻溪隧錄) which summarized the theory of governance of Yoo Hyeong-Won was widely distributed by the practical scholars who were Nam-in in the near-capital area in the 18th century, and gained high recognition. Lee Ik recognized Bangye and Yulgok(栗谷) as the best administrators of Joseon, and wrote publications about Bangye, including Bangyesurokseo(磻溪隧錄序), Bangyeyooseonsaengyoojip(磻溪柳先生遺集) and Bangyeseonsaengjeon(磻溪先生傳). His representative publication about the theory of governance, Gwagurok(藿憂錄), succeeded the spirit of Bangyesurok. The theory of governance and utilitarianism of Bangye Yoo Hyeong-Won was inherited by Seongho Lee Ik and then the pupils of Seongho, including Ahn Jeong-Bok(安鼎福) and Jeong Yak-Yong(丁若鏞). Accordingly, the practical school of the near-capital area is considered to have fully succeeded the philosophy of Bangye.