17세기 예안 사족 김령金坽과 과거시험

Abstract

This article intends to look into KIMRYOUNG's perpectives on Gwageo examination and the overal trends on the students' preparatrion and taking of the exam, using KIMRYOUNG's KYUEAMILROK as the primary source. Here, the Gwageo examination includes both the Civil Services Examination and the Classics and Literacy Licentiate Examination. The article has two main topics. First, because the research on Gwageo has mostly relied on the central government's records and lists of the exam results, not much has been understood about many people who took the examination in the countryside. However, this article takes advantage of the primary source which happens to be the diary of a gentry who lived in the 17th century Gyeongsang province so as to study the participants from the countryside. Second, until now Kimryoung as a historical figure was sanctified as someone who stayed out of politics to keep his integrity. This article, on the other hand, attempts to understand him as a human being who was a pupil of Toegye Yi Hwang and as someone who belonged to the political party of Southern Sarim.