響山 李晩燾의 自尊的 삶과 殉國

Abstract

The origine of the research started with the critical mind for 'what is the spiritual background of Hyangsan Lee Man-do's martyr and what kind of meaning was given to Korean intelligence history from his death'. To find the answer, his life and especially before and after of his hunger strike to death period was examined. At mean time, evaluation to martyr by contemporary people of his age was also considered. The summary so far is as following. Hyangsan's spiritual background of his martyr was originated from Jinsung family's family education which was located on Hagye village. In other words, the justice and fidelity, which is the principle Chu-tzu theory descended from Toegye, was the backbone of his value system for the life. He behaved according to his ancestors teaching and he noticed restraint as a practical method. However, the tide of modernization incapacitated his Confucianical belief and value system. Following the loss of national sovereignty gave a great damage to his ethical principle and self-confidence which were his spiritual fundamentals. Since he resisted with his death, he considered his death as a loyalty to serve his country and the final method to maintain his self-respect. His martyr has great historical meanings. First, it proposed the desperate issue of living to his contemporary people. How to live and what to do under the nationally ruined period. Second, it opened the wave of martyr around the Andong area. Third, it established the bridgehead of independence movement. His martyr was the inheritage of Korean unfortunate modern history. But, at the meantime, it was the conscience action which seriously impressed the national self-respect and justice to world wide. The anxiety and responsibility expressed in his poem were erupted from the Chu-tzu theoritical justice and fidelity. His self-esteem was inherited to our people's self-esteem and consequently it became the power source of national independence movement. Therefore, the subject of his poem is 'practice of self-esteemed spirit' and his literature is the expression of the subject thru the literary techique. According to the logic of 'Jaedo(載道)-theory' which he expressed in 'Inchul chapter(認出篇)', his death will be literature and self-esteem will be morality.