17세기 무성서원武城書院의 건립과 운영 ―제향인물과 사액과정을 중심으로

Abstract

In 1615, the scholars of Town Tain built Taesan Seowon(泰山書院) where they dedicated a shrine to Choi Chiwon(崔致遠)-a person who was a governor-general of County Taesan more than 700 years ago- and Shinjam(申潛)-who worked wisely as a governor of Town Tain for 6 years, about 70 years ago. After 15 years, 1630, they enshrined more local sages of Town Tain such as Jeong Geuk-in(丁克仁), Song Serim(宋世琳), Jeong Eon-Chung(鄭彦忠), Kim Yak-muk(金若默), leading to Kim Gwan(金灌)’s enshrinement in 1675. These sages’ family were Young-gwang Jeong's family, Yeosan Song's family, Gweongju Jeong's family, and Dogang Kim's family, and even their family names don’t match each other and they lived in different time and ages, they were the close family. Taesan Seowon got a title board with its new name ‘Museong Seowon(武城書院)’ on it from the government in 1696(King Sukjong 22). The name ‘Museong(武城)’ was Town Tain’s old name in Silla Dynasty, but it was also the name of a town where Jaayu, the student of Confucius, ruled wisely as a town governor. Museong Sewon was now not in the same class from before, and it was no longer the town’s Seowon since it was publically authorized by the government, with a new name and a new title board. Unlike Choi Chiwon and Shinjam, who were enshrined at the beginning of the construction of Taesan Seowon, people who were dedicated a shrine later were local sages of Tain, who only got official jobs that were not that high- such as Jeong-eon, Hyeolleong, Moksa, or didn’t even work as an official, but only passed Literary Licentiate Examination. However, by being enshrined with Choi Chiwon at Museong Seowon, their descendants were able to lift their families’ reputation. Especially Dogang Kim's family, who actively took the lead and succeeded in enshrining Kim Gwan, was ready to take the upper hand in the local governmental society of Town Tain.